The lifecycle of trust in education : leaders as moral agents / Benjamin Kutsyuruba and Keith D. Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kutsyuruba, Benjamin, author.

Walker, Keith D., author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2021]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Figures

About the authors

Acknowledgments

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-80037-132-2