Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the leadership styles of principals of State Islamic Senior High Schools (MAN), specifically how well the principals motivate, mobilize, direct, and evaluate teachers’ performance to achieve students’ academic attainment. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative study with a multi-site case study was conducted at three MAN in Tulungagung, East Java, Indonesia. Principals of MAN were interviewed, as were administrators and teachers to confirm the principals’ performances and the results of their leadership on professional management, school policies, procedures, and on the implementation of the schools’ dynamic and students’ academic attainments. Findings This study revealed that MAN principals are the central figures in the Islamic schools. In particular, implementation of leadership styles is specified as: motivating: intensive communications, incentives, and transparent administrative management; mobilizing: giving opportunities to study for higher degrees, workshops, internet facilities, and rewards; directing: additional teaching hours, scholarships, briefings, and cooperation with other agencies; and evaluating: class visits, personal meetings, encouraging participation, communicating with madrasah committees, collaborating with foreign universities, and conducting research to improve learning. Effective leadership styles evidently increase students’ academic attainments. Research limitations/implications Limitations are shown in the sites that are in an area of restricted technologies in a developing country. Originality/value This study develops its setting and orientation by integrating Islamic and global values in education management. It shows the prominent role of MAN principals, as the specific cases exemplify leadership and management at secondary schools.
Higher Education Institutions have strategic roles in developing quality human resources, science, and technologies. They are oblighted to be having good governance ropperly on the basis of the National Accreditation criteria and the good governance practices. Balitar Islamic University, the only progressive developed private university declaring as an entrepreneurial University in East Java Indonesia, appeared to have entrepreneurial change management that was important to research. This resesarch focused on the : (1) Contexts for the governance enhancement at the Balitar Islamic University, (2) Strategies for the governance enhancement at Balitar Islamic University, (3) Conflict management for the governance at Balitar Islamic University, (4) Respon and outcome management for the governance at Balitar Islamic University, and (5) Framework of the change management for the governance enhancement at Balitar Islamic University. The objectives of this research were: (1) To describe contexts for the governance enhancement at Balitar Islamic University , (2) To explain strategies for the governance enhancement at Balitar Islamic University , (3) To describe conflict management for the governance enhancement at Balitar Islamic University, (4) To explain respons and outcome management for the governanc enhancement at Balitar Islamic University, and (5) To figure the framework of of the change management for the governance enhancement at Balitar Islamic University. Using the qualitative approach and the embeded single case study design, the researchers analyzed the phenomena. The data were collected by: (1) thorough interview, (2) documentation study, and participant observation. The data were analyzed using the interactive descriptive model (Miles and Hubberman, 1984). The data were analyzed individually in terms of the embeded case unit and then were combined for a synthesis to find the primary findings. The credibility, transferability, dependability , and objectivity of this research were checked by using only triangulation of data collection, triangulation of data sources, member check, and peer de-briefing due to the limitation of times.
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