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Sustainable leadership in small rural schools: Selected Australian vignettes
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Teaching principals often struggle to find a balance between their personal and professional lives, and prioritize their work obligations at the expense of their personal lives and families.
“They often struggle to find a balance between their personal and professional lives, and prioritize their work obligations at the expense of their personal lives and families (Clarke & Stevens, 2009; Wallin & Newton, 2014).”
From Teaching Principals in Rural, Remote, and Northern Schools in Canada: An Empirical Analysis of Workload, Roles, and Instructional Leadership (2025) · cites this paper as Clarke & Stevens, 2009
Difficulty in achieving work-life balance was noted to have a significant impact on daily work and personal life of teaching principal.
“The difficulty in achieving work-life balance (Clarke & Stevens, 2009; Newton & Wallin, 2013; Jutras et al., 2020) was noted to have a significant impact on the daily work and personal life of the teaching principal.”
From Teaching Principals in Rural, Remote, and Northern Schools in Canada: An Empirical Analysis of Workload, Roles, and Instructional Leadership (2025) · cites this paper as Clarke & Stevens, 2009
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- Authors
- Clarke, S., & Stevens, E.
- Affiliations
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- Griffith University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Clarke, Simon
- ORCID
- Clarke, Simon
- Venue
- Journal of Educational Change
- Published
- 2008-05-26
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 277-293
- ISSN
- 1389-2843 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-1812
- OpenAlex
- W2043903873
- Cited by
- 56
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 4.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Journal of Educational Change (publishedVersion)
- UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA) (submittedVersion)
- Griffith Research Online (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Education in Rural Contexts
- Social Sciences › Education › Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
- Social Sciences › Education › Educational Leadership and Practices
- Keywords
- sustainable leadership, small rural schools, rural primary schools, school principals, school improvement, novice principals, leadership challenges
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