Unfolding women's lives : social factors that shape the leadership approaches of women school principals in Kenya

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dc.contributor.advisorJacklin, Heatheren_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKariuki, Caroline Wanjiruen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-06T19:02:10Z
dc.date.available2015-01-06T19:02:10Z
dc.date.issued2006en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 189-196)en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study constructs an account of the leadership approaches of five women school principals and relates these to their social contexts and social experiences. The study examines the experiences of the principals as young girls, teachers and principals. The theoretical and analytical framework for the study is derived from Bourdieu's theory. Within a life history design, data was collected using structured interviews that were tape recorded and transcribed. The analysis of the narratives focuses on the relationship between the leadership approaches of women principals and their leadership dispositions and positions in the field. This narrative analysis suggests that the women principals in this study adopted multiple leadership approaches that appear to be shaped by seven major factors, namely, their androgynous leadership dispositions, valued gendered attributes, patriarchal interests, competing interests in the field, their social capital, the economic capital of their schools, and their emotional capital. The contribution of this study is to explore the potential of a particular theoretical and methodological approach to deliver an explanatory account of leadership practices within a particular historical and social context. The analysis of the narrative of the five women principals in this study instantiate this approach.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationKariuki, C. W. (2006). <i>Unfolding women's lives : social factors that shape the leadership approaches of women school principals in Kenya</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11657en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKariuki, Caroline Wanjiru. <i>"Unfolding women's lives : social factors that shape the leadership approaches of women school principals in Kenya."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11657en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKariuki, C. 2006. Unfolding women's lives : social factors that shape the leadership approaches of women school principals in Kenya. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Kariuki, Caroline Wanjiru AB - This study constructs an account of the leadership approaches of five women school principals and relates these to their social contexts and social experiences. The study examines the experiences of the principals as young girls, teachers and principals. The theoretical and analytical framework for the study is derived from Bourdieu's theory. Within a life history design, data was collected using structured interviews that were tape recorded and transcribed. The analysis of the narratives focuses on the relationship between the leadership approaches of women principals and their leadership dispositions and positions in the field. This narrative analysis suggests that the women principals in this study adopted multiple leadership approaches that appear to be shaped by seven major factors, namely, their androgynous leadership dispositions, valued gendered attributes, patriarchal interests, competing interests in the field, their social capital, the economic capital of their schools, and their emotional capital. The contribution of this study is to explore the potential of a particular theoretical and methodological approach to deliver an explanatory account of leadership practices within a particular historical and social context. The analysis of the narrative of the five women principals in this study instantiate this approach. DA - 2006 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2006 T1 - Unfolding women's lives : social factors that shape the leadership approaches of women school principals in Kenya TI - Unfolding women's lives : social factors that shape the leadership approaches of women school principals in Kenya UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11657 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/11657
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKariuki CW. Unfolding women's lives : social factors that shape the leadership approaches of women school principals in Kenya. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2006 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11657en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Educationen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEducationen_ZA
dc.titleUnfolding women's lives : social factors that shape the leadership approaches of women school principals in Kenyaen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_ZA
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