Lifecycle of Trust in Education

Leaders as Moral Agents

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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Understanding the dynamics of trust is an imperative undertaking for educational leaders. In this book, using an ecological perspective of the lifecycle, the authors situate trust as an essential ingredient of school leaders’ moral agency and ethical decision making.Based on their 15 years of research on trust in education, the authors describe the nature and dimensions of trust, its importance and imperative, and its fragility and usefulness for school leaders, positioning them as trust brokers in school organizations. The book offers a detailed description of trust’s lifecycle stages, namely establishing, maintaining, sustaining, breaking, and restoring, as pertinent to educational settings. It discusses leaders' trust brokering in relation to social capital and psychological contract and interconnected hosting virtues of compassion, hope, and trust. The authors conclude with the role of maturing vision of moral agency, the subjective and objective responsibilities of educational leaders, and the necessary ethical commitments and courage to enact transformative practices in order to provide trustworthy leadership.With its theoretical and empirical basis, this book is an excellent resource for scholars in the fields of education, business, and leadership. It is also a valuable resource as required or supplementary reading for graduate courses in educational administration, leadership, and policy studies. Practitioners in these areas will find valuable insights that they can incorporate into their work.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-08-06
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781800371316

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Contents: PART I UNDERSTANDING TRUST 1. Introduction to the ecology of trust 2. The nature of trust 3. Dimensions of trust 4. The trust imperative in relationships 5. The usefulness of trust 6. Fragility of trust 7. Distrust and mistrust PART II TRUST LIFECYCLE 8. Establishing trust 9. Maintaining trust 10. Sustaining trust 11. Breaking trust 12. Restoring trust PART III TRUST BROKERING AND MORAL AGENCY 13. Trust, ethics, and moral agency 14. Educational leaders as trust brokers 15. Leaders’ exercise of moral agency 16. Moral agency and growth towards transformation References Index

‘Kutsyuruba and Walker’s The Lifecycle of Trust in Education: Leaders as Moral Agents is a very timely, useful, and thought-provoking book that consolidates the authors’ research and offers a synthesis of their writing over the past 15 years. It consists of a total of 16 chapters over an easy-to-read 232 pages organized into three parts: understanding trust; trust lifecycle; trust brokering and moral agency. Within each part, the authors embed an excellent review of the literature while drawing directly upon their own research so readers can hear authentic voices of active and engaged school leaders. I found that their style allowed me to feel like I was participating in the various conversations about trust and encouraged me to reflect upon my own related experiences of trust in various organizational, professional, and personal contexts.’