Instructional leadership and attitude towards organizational change among secondary schools principal in Pahang, Malaysia

The study tries to explore the practice of instructional leadership among principals, based on four dimensions, being i) define and establish school goals, ii) manage instructional program, iii) promote learning environment and iv) create friendly and cooperative school environment. This study also focuses on the relationship between principals' instructional leadership and attitude towards change based on the aspects of cognitive, affective and behavioural. The study uses survey with an explanatory mixed method design consisting of collecting quantitative data, followed by qualitative data. Number of principals involved in the survey was 123. To examine the practice and the relationship, PIMRS ( Principal Instructional Management Rating Scale) develop by Hallinger and Murphy and "The inventory of attitudes towards change", developed by Dunham et al. has been used as an instrument, followed by an interview. Quantitative data will be analyzed using mean, standard deviation and Pearson Correlation The qualitative interview data will be analyzed using Nvivo. (c) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.