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Pulling At Your Heartstrings: Examining Four Leadership Approaches From The Neuroscience Perspective, Yinying Wang
Pulling At Your Heartstrings: Examining Four Leadership Approaches From The Neuroscience Perspective, Yinying Wang
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Purpose: This review study aims to bridge neuroscience and educational leadership by exploring the neural mechanisms of the constructs relevant to educational leadership.
Research Methods: The reviewed literature includes 69 neuroscience studies and 4 books on neuroscience. The brain activities and neurotransmitters associated with the constructs pertinent to educational leadership were coded to bridge the knowledge base of neuroscience and educational leadership.
Findings: The neural mechanisms of the constructs related to educational leadership (e.g., vision, charisma, trust, and organizational justice) were organized by four different leadership approaches: charismatic, transformational, destructive, and culturally responsive school leadership. Emotions are the common thread …