Abstract
Leadership is a cultural construction that is studied, theorized, and practiced in multiple fields, including education. Educational leadership as a cultural construction has various manifestations. In the USA, educational leadership has as one of its aims to bring vision and organization to an effort or project through a central actor, such as the figure of the school principal, the superintendent, or the teacher. Although many can partake in the leadership construct, the term or role in the USA is inscribed with individualism and exceptionalism. Considering the cultural situatedness of the construct, it may not have the same meaning when one crosses borders. This chapter examines educational leadership within a Mexican context and examines the ways in which distinct actors contribute to the educational leadership construct, how these constructions speak to and against each other, and what is left after these interactions that are negotiations take place.
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Sánchez, M. (2022). The Cultural Constructions of Leadership. In: English, F.W. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Educational Leadership and Management Discourse. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99097-8_73
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