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Epistemological beliefs and transformational-transactional leadership behaviours of directors in child care centres.
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@MISC{Brownlee_epistemologicalbeliefs,
author = {Dr. Joanne Brownlee and Emma L. Tickle and Di Nailon and Contact Dr. Joanne Brownlee},
title = {Epistemological beliefs and transformational-transactional leadership behaviours of directors in child care centres.},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
Epistemological beliefs and transformational-transactional leadership behaviours of directors in child care centres. This paper reports on a small pilot study to assess the epistemological beliefs and leadership values related to learning espoused by five Directors working in long day care centres in Brisbane. The study uses an interview protocol to assess beliefs about leadership and beliefs about the nature of knowing and knowledge. As expected, there were broad correlations between the epistemological beliefs relating the nature of knowing and knowledge and the beliefs about leadership espoused by the directors. Espoused leadership beliefs associated transformational leadership were correlated with relativistic epistemological beliefs, while espoused leadership beliefs associated with transactional leadership were correlated with naïve and dualistic epistemological beliefs. Directors espousing mixture of leadership beliefs were found to hold mixture of epistemological beliefs.
Keyphrases
epistemological belief transformational-transactional leadership behaviour child care centre espoused leadership belief relativistic epistemological belief dualistic epistemological belief transactional leadership broad correlation leadership value transformational leadership child care leadership belief interview protocol long day care centre small pilot study na ve
