This article aims to analyze the meanings constructed by the principal from public schools about their duties and management of their schools. To understand these meanings semi-structured interviews we conducted, with ...

The aim of this paper was to analyze the possible profile (s) of the of the paulista public school principal, questioning the literature in the area, public service exams and policy guidelines, ambos from the state, in a ...

The literature on new principals tends to focus on the challenges of incumbents. However, there is little detailed evidence of the nature of their attempts at reshaping or enhancing school culture, which may be their ...

We study whether differences in management can explain variation in productivity and how more effective managers can be recruited in absence of high-powered incentives. To investigate this, we first extend the canonical ...

In a context characterised by triple sources of accountability demands, principals in Chile are required to mobilise change to raise performance indicators. School improvement is a complex endeavoura complexity that is ...