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Navigating between Principalship, Leadership and Management
Table 5.1 Key Differences in Selected Countries
Criteria Slovenia Italy Austria
Legal basis Zakon o organi- Legge / Wiederverlautbarung des
for leader- zaciji in finan- [Law /] La Schulunterrichtsgeset-
ship ciranju vzgoje in Buona Scuola zes (schug) & Beamten-
izobraževanja Dienstrechtsgesetz (bdg),
(zofvi)
Soft skills Not explicitly in- Integrated into Included in the national
in legisla- cluded training and leader- competency models for
tion ship assessments principals
Selection Based on formal National competi- Appointment based on
process qualifications (ed- tive exam includes formal qualifications and
ucation, exams) leadership evalua- competency frameworks
tion
Continuous Available but op- Mandatory profes- Professional development
training tional sional development andcoaching offeredaf-
via indire ter appointment (state-
supported)
Evaluation Informal and lim- Legally mandated Part of professional devel-
of leader- ited periodic evaluation opment programmes, in-
ship cludes feedback and per-
sonal growth plans
Table 5.2 Number of Articles per Category and Repository from 2021 to 2025
Repository (category) School School Principal-
management leadership ship
wos (under ‘topic’) , ,
Sage Publications (research article) , , ,
Emerald , ,
2025 (https://www.webofscience.com/): under the search term school
management, there were 16,411 results; under school leadership, there
were 7,341 results; and under principalship, there were 113 results. In
the Sage Journals repository, under the search term school manage-
ment, we found 87,228 results categorized as research articles. Addi-
tionally, there were 138,982 results for the search term school leader-
ship, and 37,074 research articles under principalship. In the Emerald
repository, we discovered 47,705 results for the term school manage-
ment. For school leadership, there were 21,558 results, and under prin-
cipalship, there were 123 research articles. The results are presented in
Table 5.2.
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