Title: The extent of authentic leadership of resident supervisors on enhancing teachers' classroom management practices in public schools

Authors: Noha Elassy

Addresses: Faculty of Education, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

Abstract: The study aims to explore the extent of practising authentic leadership by resident supervisors in enhancing teachers' classroom management. The study uses a mixed method. The data was collected through a questionnaire distributed over a sample of 319 teachers and 135 supervisors. That was followed by 33 semi-structured interviews. Findings indicate a high extent of practising authentic leadership by resident supervisors to enhance their teachers' classroom management. It also reveals multiple factors that affect the extent of supervisors' authenticity, such as the methods of conducting supervision, the resulting effect of the age difference between teachers and their supervisors, efficient supervision from resident supervisors compared to others and the selection of resident supervisors. The findings suggest the significance of educating school developers on the importance of improving resident supervisors' leadership to enhance teachers' classroom management.

Keywords: authentic leadership; classroom management; Egypt; resident supervisors.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIE.2023.127777

International Journal of Management in Education, 2023 Vol.17 No.1, pp.19 - 43

Received: 10 Sep 2021
Accepted: 07 Jan 2022
Published online: 16 Dec 2022 *