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Leadership in School Administration—What Constitutes Performance Legitimacy?

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First published online April, 1983

Leadership in School Administration—What Constitutes Performance Legitimacy?

Volume 67, Issue 462

https://doi.org/10.1177/019263658306746214

Abstract

How do school staff members judge a principal's leadership ability? This author suggests that the prin cipal is judged on the basis of performance legitimacy, the congruence between expected and actual leader ship behavior.

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