What Do We Know about Assistant Principals? A Cross-national Examination of Factors Affecting Task Performance, Discretionary Performance, and Future Career Aspirations of Assistant Principals

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Abstract

The purpose of this cross-national study was to (a) identify factors affecting task performance and discretionary performance of assistant principals and (b) identify factors affecting future career aspirations of assistant principals, and (c) investigate whether the influence of these factors differ by national origin. By applying a social-cognitive perspective, study tested the reciprocal relationships between assistant principals' personal initiative and organizational support in predicting the work performance and future career aspirations of assistant principals. Findings of the study demonstrated that personal initiative and perceived organizational support significantly predict task performance, discretionary performance, and future career aspirations of assistant principals. National origin appeared to be a significantly differentiating factor of assistant principals' task performance, discretionary performance, and future career aspirations.

Authors

• Ibrahim Duyar, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

• Anthony H. Normore, California Lutheran University

• Ann E. Robinson, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

• Carolyn Pearson, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

• Alicia Ann Cotabish, University of Central Arkansas