The Paradoxical Leadership in the Context of Arabs Schools: Perspectives of Teachers and Principals

Abstract

This article contributes to building the conceptual framework of Paradoxical leadership by addressing the question: What is the extent of using Paradoxical leadership in schools? It targets Arab culture in tow main countries representing the Arab majority: Egypt and Saudi Arabia. To bypass these, quantitative data were collected using the paradoxical leadership scale from (387) teachers and (15 (interviews were conducted with principals of schools in both Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Data analysis reveals the existence of an "ambivalent Arab leadership context" it is consistent with the non-Arab cultures included in the scale used and involves a cultural rearrangement centered on religion and heritage and adds educational responsibilities to school principals. For the study outputs.

Key word: paradoxical leadership, school principals, schools