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Alternation Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of the Arts and Humanities in Southern Africa, 2021
This research focused on personal narratives of four school principals from different school cont... more This research focused on personal narratives of four school principals from different school contexts, how they experienced the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) crisis and how that experience influenced their leadership. The main question that guided the research, was how these principals made sense of their leadership during the COVID-19 crisis in their different South African contexts. International and national research confirm that policy implementtation during crisis situations is sometimes compounded by complexities and contradictions such as inappropriate policies, poor leadership and corruption, among other things. The research used a narrative inquiry, in which participants told their stories, to take a fresh look at existing ideas, which in this case is leadership in crisis situations. Emil Bosch et al. 252 The research data was analysed within the broad framework of participants' lived experiences, expressed in their different contexts. The reresearch findings confirmed that principalsas departmental officialsmust be policy implementers or 'conveyor belts' for the Department of Basic Education (DBE)though under different contexts of uncertainty, fear and disillusionment during the COVID-19 crisis. This brought many challenges where principals needed to decide whether they should follow their personal feelings and experiences as the school's principal, or blindly obey the departmental creeds. The significance of these research findings is that a context-based, collaborative and inclusive leadership approach during a crisistogether with availability to modern channels of communicationcould be effective.
North-West University (South Africa)., 2016
Alternation Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of the Arts and Humanities in Southern Africa, 2021
This research focused on personal narratives of four school principals from different school cont... more This research focused on personal narratives of four school principals from different school contexts, how they experienced the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) crisis and how that experience influenced their leadership. The main question that guided the research, was how these principals made sense of their leadership during the COVID-19 crisis in their different South African contexts. International and national research confirm that policy implementtation during crisis situations is sometimes compounded by complexities and contradictions such as inappropriate policies, poor leadership and corruption, among other things. The research used a narrative inquiry, in which participants told their stories, to take a fresh look at existing ideas, which in this case is leadership in crisis situations. Emil Bosch et al. 252 The research data was analysed within the broad framework of participants' lived experiences, expressed in their different contexts. The reresearch findings confirmed that principalsas departmental officialsmust be policy implementers or 'conveyor belts' for the Department of Basic Education (DBE)though under different contexts of uncertainty, fear and disillusionment during the COVID-19 crisis. This brought many challenges where principals needed to decide whether they should follow their personal feelings and experiences as the school's principal, or blindly obey the departmental creeds. The significance of these research findings is that a context-based, collaborative and inclusive leadership approach during a crisistogether with availability to modern channels of communicationcould be effective.
North-West University (South Africa)., 2016