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Article: Conflict management and the prospective principal.
- Article from:
- Academic Exchange Quarterly
- Article date:
- June 22, 2005
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Abstract
Aspiring principals were surveyed about their perceptions and training in regard to conflict management. Subjects reported positive attitudes about conflict and were confident in their conflict management skills when dealing with students. Subjects were less confident in their conflict management skills when dealing with parents and supervisors. Conflict management training consisting of authentic, school-based activities should be intensified in principal preparation programs.
Introduction
School leaders encounter conflict on a frequent basis (Martin and Willower, 1981). They are also the primary builders of consensus and ...