Role ambiguity and role conflicts faced by vice-principals in Singapore

What is it about?

This article examines what vice-principals in Singapore experience as constraints to their leadership practice, and how they deal with these constraints, with the understanding that role misalignment for vice-principals presents barriers to schools achieving optimal effectiveness.

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Why is it important?

Framing the constraints faced by vice-principals under role ambiguity and role conflicts raises these constraints to a theoretical and organisational level. The study proposes a link between the concepts of role ambiguity and role boundaries and illustrates how role ambiguity and conflicts can be disempowering.