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2. Do teachers in Hong Kong secondary schools see themselves as
leaders?
This case study suggested that whether teachers see themselves
as leaders depends very much on their perception of school
leadership and their self-efficacy. Teachers felt unsure about their
leadership beyond the classroom and their administrative
positions. However, even though teachers’ perceptions of
leadership roles were much influenced by the Chinese cultural
values, their core educational values and self-efficacy produced a
powerful counterforce against such influence. With a stronger
sense of self, teachers in the study were more committed to their
core educational values through professional learning, mutual
support, and collaboration. On the contrary, with a weaker sense
of self-efficacy, teachers were more subject to Chinese societal
influence, which impeded them from being leaders beyond their
formal position descriptions.

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