Title:
The impact of Asian cultural values on the leadership preferences of Asian American K-12 principals
Author:
Christina S. Lee
Thesis Advisor:
Molly Dunn
Committee Member:
Mark J. Fenster
Committee Member:
Andrew Schenck
Degree Granting Institution:
Notre Dame of Maryland University--School of Education
Place:
Baltimore (Md.)
Publisher:
Notre Dame of Maryland University
Date Created:
2024
Type of Resource:
text
Genre:
thesis
Language:
eng
Format:
application/pdf
Physical Form:
electronic
Digital Source:
born digital
Abstract:
The enrollment of students in the United States public school system is becoming more racially and ethnically diverse. According to research, students of color benefit from having teachers and leaders who look like them as role models and the classroom dynamics that diversity creates. However, the ethnic and racial diversity of teachers and leaders in education does not reflect this changing landscape. Specifically, there is a disparity in the percentage of Asian American principals compared to Asian American students. Previous literature attributes the lack of a significant presence of Asian Americans in educational leadership positions to stereotypes and racism, citing an alleged lack of leadership qualities due to cultural differences. The lack of understanding of the nuances of both Asian and American cultures and the acceptance of these stereotypes can negatively impact the perception of Asian Americans, which can potentially contribute to the underrepresentation of K-12 Asian Americans in leadership positions. Currently, there is limited research that addresses this concern. Therefore, this study explored the cultural values of Asian Americans and their impact on leadership preferences to address these stereotypes and perceptions. Data were collected through an online survey distributed to Asian American and non-Asian American K-12 principals where responses on the Asian American Values Scale-Multidimensional (AAVS-M) were compared to those of the Vannsimpco Leadership Survey (VLS). The study found that transactional leadership styles such as transactional, autocratic-transactional, and democratic-transactional were more salient for Asian American principals compared to non-Asian American principals. Asian cultural values such as family recognition through achievement and conformity to norms were prevalent Asian cultural values for these leadership styles. For non-Asian American principals, survey analysis revealed that autocratic and autocratic-transformational leadership styles had the most significant correlations where family recognition through achievement and emotional self-control were prevalent Asian cultural values. Results suggest that simple theoretical approaches to leadership do not address the complex interaction between culture and leadership behaviors, which needs to be further explored.
Subject:
Academic theses
Subject:
Electronic dissertations
Subject:
Thèses et écrits académiques
Subject:
Thèses électroniques
Subject:
dissertations
Degree:
Doctor of Psychology
Level:
Doctoral
Discipline:
Instructional Leadership for Changing Populations
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Identifier:
LeeC-24
