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A Woman’S Perspective On Leadership In K-12 Education, Randolph B. Muhammad

Journal of Research Initiatives

This qualitative research is the outcome of an interview with a woman on her experiences as a K-12 leader and her perspective of cultural differences and women leadership. The overall viewpoint of leadership was on a leader’s ability to be transformative. Transformational leadership in this context referred to a leaders’ ability to capitalize on the differences within a multicultural society, societal changes, and social justice. Northouse (2010) in the opening chapter of his book on leadership, Leadership; Theory and Practice; 5^th Edition, speaks of how leadership has become conceptualized. One such concept is that transformational leadership is a …