Lifelong Learn. 2017, 7, 7-20
School Leadership in the Context of Social Power Theory
The study focuses on the issues of social power and leadership in the school context. We approach the power and leadership from the two points of view - the typology of social power by French and Raven, and the leadership styles – transactional and transformational. The aim of this study is to discuss the topic of the social power and leadership, and especially to point out the connections between the concept of social power and the leadership in the specific school environment. First, we focus on thetheoretical concept of power across the different definitions, further, the power is viewed more specifically – within the frame of the social power theory. Followingly, thesocial power is introduced in the context of leadership. The study deals with the question of the relationship between the social power and leadership, which are perceived as the constructs in the school environment.
