Exploring the Space Between: Social Networks, Trust, and Urban School District Leaders

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Title

Exploring the Space Between: Social Networks, Trust, and Urban School District Leaders

Abstract/Description

A number of scholars are exploring the district context in which schools are embedded. These studies suggest the importance of the district office as a support or constraint to the work of schools and offer strategies for building relations between district and site leaders. While this is an important task, what is frequently overlooked is that organizational improvement efforts are often socially constructed. Therefore, an analysis of social networks and trust between district and site leaders may provide additional insights into supports and constraints related to improvement. This case study uses social network and trust data to explore the underlying best practice relations between leaders in a midsize underperforming urban school district. Results suggest weak network ties, low levels of trust, and a predictive relationship between trust and the reciprocal exchange of best practices related to improvement.

Author/creator

Daly, Alan J.

Finnigan, Kara S.

Date

2012

In publication

Journal of School Leadership

Volume

22

Issue

3

Pages

493-530

Resource type

en Research/Scholarly Media

Resource status/form

en Published Text

Scholarship genre

en Empirical

Language

en

Open access/full-text available

en Yes

Peer reviewed

en Yes

ISSN

1052-6846

DOI

10.1177/105268461202200304

URL

Official Publisher's Webpage (SAGE Journals)

Full-text PDF Shared by Author (ResearchGate)

Citation

Daly, A. J., & Finnigan, K. S. (2012). Exploring the Space Between: Social Networks, Trust, and Urban School District Leaders. Journal of School Leadership, 22(3), 493–530. https://doi.org/10.1177/105268461202200304

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The Institution of Schooling

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Open Access Resource (IRE)

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