Construction of self as a principal : meanings gleaned from narratives of novice school principals

dc.contributor.authorBlose, Sibonelo
dc.contributor.authorMkhize, Bongani Nhlanhla
dc.contributor.authorNgidi, Sihle Siyabonga
dc.contributor.authorMyende, Phumlani Erasmus
dc.contributor.emailblose.sb@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-07T11:37:35Z
dc.date.available2022-12-07T11:37:35Z
dc.date.issued2022-05
dc.description.abstractIt is assumed that individuals’ cognitions of who they are in a particular social structure influence their behaviour in that space. Likewise, school principals’ cognition of who they are in schools as social structures influences how they behave as leaders. In this article, we use the role identity theory as a framework to analyse novice principals’ narratives of lived experiences to understand how they construct themselves as principals in schools and how these constructions influence their execution of leadership. Positioned within the interpretivist paradigm, we adopted the narrative inquiry methodology to engage with the lived experiences of 3 purposively selected novice principals from the Pinetown district in KwaZulu-Natal. The narrative interview was employed to generate field texts, which were subsequently analysed using 2 methods: narrative analysis and analysis of narratives. From our analysis of field texts, 4 themes explaining how the participating novice principals construct themselves as school principals were identified; these themes are: a leader as a learner, re-establishing oneself as a leader, spanning boundaries, and leading to inspire. From these themes, we conclude that a principal’s conception of self is dynamic and is a blend of multiple meanings generated prior to becoming a principal and meanings generated during the principalship tenure.en_US
dc.description.departmentEducation Management and Policy Studiesen_US
dc.description.librarianhj2022en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.sajournalofeducation.co.zaen_US
dc.identifier.citationBlose, S., Mkhize, B.N., Ngidi, S.S. et al. 2022, 'Construction of self as a principal : meanings gleaned from narratives of novice school principals', South African Journal of Education, vol. 42, no. 2, art. #2018, 10 pages, https://doi.org/10.15700/saje.v42n2a2018.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0256-0100 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2076-3433 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.15700/saje.v42n2a2018
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/88693
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEducation Association of South Africaen_US
dc.rights© 2021, South African Journal of Education. Published under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.en_US
dc.subjectIdentity salienceen_US
dc.subjectLived experiencesen_US
dc.subjectNarrative inquiryen_US
dc.subjectNovice principalen_US
dc.subjectRole identityen_US
dc.titleConstruction of self as a principal : meanings gleaned from narratives of novice school principalsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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