%0 Journal Article
%T Between Venus and Mars: Sources of gender differences in instructional leadership
%A Haim Shaked
%A Jeffrey Glanz
%A Zehavit Gross
%J Educational Management Administration & Leadership
%@ 1741-1440
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1741143217728086
%X Instructional leadership can be explained as an educational leadership approach whereby the school principal engages in a wide range of activities aiming to improve teaching and learning for all students. A recent meta-analysis found that female principals engaged in more active instructional leadership than male counterparts. The current qualitative study sought to understand this gender gap. Data were collected through 59 semi-structured interviews with 36 female principals and 23 male principals from Israel. Data analysis was a four-stage process ¨C condensing, coding, categorizing, and theorizing. Findings showed that female participants, more frequently than their male counterparts, reported possessing two capabilities that are necessary for instructional leadership: (1) instructional expertise; (2) attention to relationships. Gender theories are employed to explain these findings. Practical implications and further research are discussed
%K Gender differences
%K instructional leadership
%K principals
%K leadership
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1741143217728086