How fair is the selection of school principals in the Greek educational context

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ID21784254
AuthorsVasiliki Polymeropoulou (0000-0001-9979-6421, corresponding author), Georgios Sorkos (0000-0002-3805-1044)
Year2024
Volume52
Issue2
Pages342-358
Publication date2024-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducational Management Administration & Leadership (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1741-1432 • E-ISSN: 1741-1440
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/17411432221074868
OpenAlexW4210731664
LanguageEN
References cited32

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the principle of fairness as equity, defined by Adams, is applied during the selection of school principals. Our focus was on a secondary education directorate drawing data in two ways. Firstly, a questionnaire was given to candidates who participated in the selection process, in order to investigate to which extent fairness as equity is included both in the process and the selection criteria. Secondly, we examined whether the selection board through the oral interview moved with the respective conditions of fairness as equity through the candidates’ scoring. It seemed that the majority of participants have formed their opinion on fairness as equity based on their ‘incoming capital’ depending on their score, while they consider that the selection board was rather biased in rating their fellow candidates. This is due to previous official or personal relationships with the members of the selection board and party involvement. For the Greek context, the selection of school principals can be characterised as a process that allows the influence of factors clearly non-relating to the principle of fairness as equity. Proposals at the level of educational policy are proposed

Political science · Public relations · Computer Science · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law · Psychology · Public Policy and Administration Research · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies

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