Author(s)

Lu Xiang ¹, Xuhui Xie ²

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Education Science, Zhaoqing University, Zhaoqing, 526061, China
² Shenzhen Shuangxi No. 1 Kindergarten, Shenzhen, 518000, China

Corresponding Author

Lu Xiang

ABSTRACT

The demand for high efficient leadership in preschool education is further growing, and the research on principal's influence is the need of principal's leadership theory development. According to the micro-political theory, this study analyzes the current situation of compulsory power influence, Incentive power influence and legal power influence of kindergarten principal, so as to arouse the thinking of improving kindergarten management and promoting greater development of the principal's own management ability. In spatial field of kindergarten, power is the premise of principal influence. On the basis of staff in kindergarten whose cognition to the principal conduct and their relationship with the principal, this paper analyzes the contemporary situation of the principal's power influence, and shows a dynamic process that how the principal's influence generates. From the micro-politics, the principal's power influence and onlookers' politics are both based on power relations, establishing interpersonal relationships within the organization, and influencing the positive process of individuals or groups, which have inherent consistency.

KEYWORDS

Micro-politics, kindergarten principal, power influence

CITE THIS PAPER

Lu Xiang, Xuhui Xie, An Analysis of the Current Situation of KindergartenPrincipal' Power and Influence from the Perspective of Micro-Politics. Journal of Sociology and Ethnology (2022) Vol. 4: 1-7. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/jsoce.2022.041001.

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