Kevin Shore

Citation

Thesis Title
Career Assistant/Deputy Principals: Asleep at the Wheel or Motivated Drivers in Education

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Mr Shore investigated a largely unrecognised group of secondary school assistant/deputy principals who had no desire to pursue principalship and who, for the purpose of this study, were called ''career AP/DPs''. These individuals play a significant role in the leadership of New Zealand secondary schools yet there is little research focused on the assistant/deputy principalship as a vocation. Consequently, this study was focused on developing a more complete understanding of this group in order to ensure that career AP/DPs were recognised as an important group of educational leaders with a distinct mission to support principals in leading our New Zealand secondary schools. The study used career anchorage perspective and job choice theory to identify and analyse which job attributes and work tasks that were typical of the AP/DP role provided the highest levels of job satisfaction and motivation and identified those areas where career AP/DPs believe they could make a more significant leadership contribution.

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