Leader Self-Renewal: Mind, Body, Spirit Connection Inherent in Sustainable Leadership

This dissertation builds upon stress and burnout research on school leaders by exploring the beliefs and practices regarding well-being and self-renewal of principals identified as successful. This study utilized a 3-fold framework that consisted of mind, body, and spirit, falling under the all-enco...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roberts, LaSonja
Format: Others
Published: Scholar Commons 2018
Subjects:
Online Access:https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7357
https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8554&context=etd
id ndltd-USF-oai-scholarcommons.usf.edu-etd-8554
record_format oai_dc
spelling ndltd-USF-oai-scholarcommons.usf.edu-etd-85542019-10-04T05:05:18Z Leader Self-Renewal: Mind, Body, Spirit Connection Inherent in Sustainable Leadership Roberts, LaSonja This dissertation builds upon stress and burnout research on school leaders by exploring the beliefs and practices regarding well-being and self-renewal of principals identified as successful. This study utilized a 3-fold framework that consisted of mind, body, and spirit, falling under the all-encompassing umbrella of thriving, asserting the three domains work together to support the optimal well-being of the leader. The research questions were as follows: (1) In what ways are principals' well-being and self-renewal supported by principals' personal beliefs and practices, district policies and practices, and educational programs and organizations? (2) To what extent does attentiveness to well-being and practices of self-renewal impact professional success and work satisfaction, and well-being and flourishing? This study included a diverse group of six principals, all identified as successful and all with three or more years of experience as administrators. The case study consisted of mostly interviews with some survey inquiry. The primary method of analysis was holistic descriptive and in vivo coding with loose applications of formal protocols provided by Saldaña (2009). In my final analysis the participant responses were organized into categories and layered into my pre-existing framework of mind, body, and spirit. The findings from the study revealed the current successes and challenges in the personal and professional renewal of principals. The findings yielded implications for research and practice specific to principals, school districts, and principal preparation programs. 2018-07-23T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7357 https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8554&context=etd Graduate Theses and Dissertations Scholar Commons principal preparation retention stress management well-being Other Education
collection NDLTD
format Others
sources NDLTD
topic principal preparation
retention
stress management
well-being
Other Education
spellingShingle principal preparation
retention
stress management
well-being
Other Education
Roberts, LaSonja
Leader Self-Renewal: Mind, Body, Spirit Connection Inherent in Sustainable Leadership
description This dissertation builds upon stress and burnout research on school leaders by exploring the beliefs and practices regarding well-being and self-renewal of principals identified as successful. This study utilized a 3-fold framework that consisted of mind, body, and spirit, falling under the all-encompassing umbrella of thriving, asserting the three domains work together to support the optimal well-being of the leader. The research questions were as follows: (1) In what ways are principals' well-being and self-renewal supported by principals' personal beliefs and practices, district policies and practices, and educational programs and organizations? (2) To what extent does attentiveness to well-being and practices of self-renewal impact professional success and work satisfaction, and well-being and flourishing? This study included a diverse group of six principals, all identified as successful and all with three or more years of experience as administrators. The case study consisted of mostly interviews with some survey inquiry. The primary method of analysis was holistic descriptive and in vivo coding with loose applications of formal protocols provided by Saldaña (2009). In my final analysis the participant responses were organized into categories and layered into my pre-existing framework of mind, body, and spirit. The findings from the study revealed the current successes and challenges in the personal and professional renewal of principals. The findings yielded implications for research and practice specific to principals, school districts, and principal preparation programs.
author Roberts, LaSonja
author_facet Roberts, LaSonja
author_sort Roberts, LaSonja
title Leader Self-Renewal: Mind, Body, Spirit Connection Inherent in Sustainable Leadership
title_short Leader Self-Renewal: Mind, Body, Spirit Connection Inherent in Sustainable Leadership
title_full Leader Self-Renewal: Mind, Body, Spirit Connection Inherent in Sustainable Leadership
title_fullStr Leader Self-Renewal: Mind, Body, Spirit Connection Inherent in Sustainable Leadership
title_full_unstemmed Leader Self-Renewal: Mind, Body, Spirit Connection Inherent in Sustainable Leadership
title_sort leader self-renewal: mind, body, spirit connection inherent in sustainable leadership
publisher Scholar Commons
publishDate 2018
url https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7357
https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8554&context=etd
work_keys_str_mv AT robertslasonja leaderselfrenewalmindbodyspiritconnectioninherentinsustainableleadership
_version_ 1719260292386390016