Innovative leadership and problem solving styles among Malaysian secondary school leaders

Innovative leadership has been prescribed to school administrators as a panacea for the success of their schools. Nevertheless, educational leaders often misconstrue the differences between being innovative and being creative. Principals are sometimes unsure on the differences between the two dime...

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Main Authors:	Abd Rahman, Hamidon, Othman, Azam, Nordin, Mohamad Sahari, Sheikh Ahmad, Ismail
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	LC65 Social aspects of education
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/45968/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/45968/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/45968/4/45968.pdf

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spelling	iium-459682018-03-07T07:27:39Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/45968/ Innovative leadership and problem solving styles among Malaysian secondary school leaders Abd Rahman, Hamidon Othman, Azam Nordin, Mohamad Sahari Sheikh Ahmad, Ismail LC65 Social aspects of education Innovative leadership has been prescribed to school administrators as a panacea for the success of their schools. Nevertheless, educational leaders often misconstrue the differences between being innovative and being creative. Principals are sometimes unsure on the differences between the two dimensions. In addition, principals are uncertain on how to be innovative and are static in their comfort zones. This study will try to investigate characteristics of innovative leaders and create an instrument to measure innovative behaviours. The methodology utilised was quantitative method using factor analysis in particular Exploratory (Principal Component Analysis) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (Structural Equation Modelling). Items in the instruments were clustered into three distinct groups: Personal traits, Organisational factors and Change management. A randomized sample of 218 school principals were chosen as respondents to test the multi dimensions hypotheses and fit-with-item. Analysis using AMOS version 16 shows that it is a multi-dimension construct. Validity was proven with discriminant validity showing acceptable loadings. Keywords: Innovative Leadership, Creativity and Innovative, Problem-solving styles. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/45968/4/45968.pdf Abd Rahman, Hamidon and Othman, Azam and Nordin, Mohamad Sahari and Sheikh Ahmad, Ismail (2015) Innovative leadership and problem solving styles among Malaysian secondary school leaders. In: 3rd International Conference on Educational Research And Practice Professional Educators as Global Leaders (ICERP 2015), 25th-26th August 2015, The Everly, Putrajaya . http://www.ipislam.edu.my/index.php/research/read/108/ICERP2015-PROCEEDING
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spellingShingle	LC65 Social aspects of education Abd Rahman, Hamidon Othman, Azam Nordin, Mohamad Sahari Sheikh Ahmad, Ismail Innovative leadership and problem solving styles among Malaysian secondary school leaders
description	Innovative leadership has been prescribed to school administrators as a panacea for the success of their schools. Nevertheless, educational leaders often misconstrue the differences between being innovative and being creative. Principals are sometimes unsure on the differences between the two dimensions. In addition, principals are uncertain on how to be innovative and are static in their comfort zones. This study will try to investigate characteristics of innovative leaders and create an instrument to measure innovative behaviours. The methodology utilised was quantitative method using factor analysis in particular Exploratory (Principal Component Analysis) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (Structural Equation Modelling). Items in the instruments were clustered into three distinct groups: Personal traits, Organisational factors and Change management. A randomized sample of 218 school principals were chosen as respondents to test the multi dimensions hypotheses and fit-with-item. Analysis using AMOS version 16 shows that it is a multi-dimension construct. Validity was proven with discriminant validity showing acceptable loadings. Keywords: Innovative Leadership, Creativity and Innovative, Problem-solving styles.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Abd Rahman, Hamidon Othman, Azam Nordin, Mohamad Sahari Sheikh Ahmad, Ismail
author_facet	Abd Rahman, Hamidon Othman, Azam Nordin, Mohamad Sahari Sheikh Ahmad, Ismail
author_sort	Abd Rahman, Hamidon
title	Innovative leadership and problem solving styles among Malaysian secondary school leaders
title_short	Innovative leadership and problem solving styles among Malaysian secondary school leaders
title_full	Innovative leadership and problem solving styles among Malaysian secondary school leaders
title_fullStr	Innovative leadership and problem solving styles among Malaysian secondary school leaders
title_full_unstemmed	Innovative leadership and problem solving styles among Malaysian secondary school leaders
title_sort	innovative leadership and problem solving styles among malaysian secondary school leaders
publishDate	2015
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/45968/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/45968/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/45968/4/45968.pdf
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Innovative leadership and problem solving styles among Malaysian secondary school leaders

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