RT Journal Article
T1 Distributing Leadership or Distributing Tasks? The Practice of Distributed Leadership by Management and Its Limitations in Two Spanish Secondary Schools
A1 Gómez Hurtado, Inmaculada
A1 González Falcón, Inmaculada
A1 Coronel Llamas, José Manuel
A1 García Rodríguez, María Pilar
AB The need to explore new forms of leadership in schools, among other available alternatives,leads to the reflection upon the way in which—specifically from the principal’s office—it is developed,implemented and distributed. This paper presents two case studies in Spanish secondary schoolsin which the practices are analyzed and the limitations recognized in the exercise of distributedleadership by their principals. This study used interviews and shadowing of the principals, recordingthe observations of meetings and interviews with other influential agents from each school. Despite theparticular differences in each case and a greater role of social interaction processes, the outcomesreflect the persistent focus on the individual action of the principals and the pre-eminence offormal and bureaucratic components in the development of distributed leadership. This situationprevents progress beyond the mere distribution of management tasks and hinders the possibilities ofconsolidating other forms of leadership expression that involve more agents and groups.
PB MDPI
SN 2227-7102
YR 2020
FD 2020-04
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/18178
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/18178
LA eng
NO Gómez Hurtado, I., González Falcón, I., Coronel Llamas, J. M.,  García Rodríguez, M. del P. (2020). Distributing Leadership or Distributing Tasks? The Practice of Distributed Leadership by Management and Its Limitations in Two Spanish Secondary Schools. Education Sciences, 10(5), 122. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci10050122
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 31 may 2026