TablesForeword
I. Foundations of Leader Succession in Theory and Research
1. Changing Principals
Principal Succession
Principal Socialization
Principal Professional Socialization Research
Summarizing Organizational Socialization for Succession Research
2. Leader Succession Research
Succession Effects
Succession as a Boundary Delineating Leadership Effect
Succession Context in Organizations
Stages of Managerial Succession
Leadership and Leader Succession
Combining and Expanding Views of Succession
3. The Conceptual Roots of Organizational Socialization
Interaction: The Fundamental Unit of Analysis
Multiple Process Theories of Interaction
Self-concept
Outcomes
II. Principals in Succession: A Potpourri of Experiences
4. A Faculty's Perspective of a Succession
The Setting
How the Faculty Experienced the Succession
The Teachers' View of Organizational Socialization
Contributions from Organizational Socialization
5. An Outsider Successor's Personal View
The Succession Setting
The New Principal
The Social Dynamic of a Succession
The Insider's View of Organizational Socialization
6. The Professional and Organizational Socialization of Principals: Analysis of Additional Research
Studies of Newly Appointed Principals
The Organizational Socialization of New Principals
III. Leader Succession and Socialization: The Future in Research and Practice
7. Implications for Research on Leader Succession in Schools
Issues in the Organizational Socialization of Principals
Implications for Research Methodologies
Research Propositions
8. Improving Leader Succession in Schools
Socialization Stages
Groups Empower Principals through Social Validation
School Leaders Should Demonstrate Valued Knowledge and Skills
The Socialization of Principals Can Be Deliberately Influenced by Superiors
Current Practice Promotes a Custodial Response
Socialization Occurs With or Without Planning
People Expect Change During Succession
The Need for Stability and the Need for Creativity Will Conflict
School Leaders Can Affect the Processing of Information that Shapes Interpretations and Actions During Succession
Socially Incongruent Leaders Can Succeed and Contribute
Notes
References
Index