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Ingratiation and the use of power in Malaysian secondary schools

It is presumed that an ingratiating subordinate would acquire more rewards from a leader. When the leader is receptive to influence, subordinates would attempt to impress him/her by presenting themselves to be competent. This holds true for any type of organizations. The objective of this paper is t...

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Main Authors: Mat Zin, Sakinah, Nik Jaafar, Nik Fazlin Hiryati, Ngah, Nazlin Emieza, Ismail, Rusnah, Ibrahim, Norlaila, Jusoff, Kamaruzaman, Salleh, Asri
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Published: IDOSI Publications 2011
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spelling my.upm.eprints.371492020-07-06T03:47:14Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37149/ Ingratiation and the use of power in Malaysian secondary schools Mat Zin, Sakinah Nik Jaafar, Nik Fazlin Hiryati Ngah, Nazlin Emieza Ismail, Rusnah Ibrahim, Norlaila Jusoff, Kamaruzaman Salleh, Asri It is presumed that an ingratiating subordinate would acquire more rewards from a leader. When the leader is receptive to influence, subordinates would attempt to impress him/her by presenting themselves to be competent. This holds true for any type of organizations. The objective of this paper is to analyze principals’ exertion of power in Malaysian secondary schools and teachers’ ingratiatory strategy. This paper argues that generally, principals’ leadership in schools can be considered as authoritarian and that therefore, teachers are prone to employing ingratiation tactic in order to obtain the principal’s approval and receive favorable outcomes. IDOSI Publications 2011 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37149/1/Ingratiation%20and%20the%20use%20of%20power%20in%20Malaysian%20secondary%20schools.pdf Mat Zin, Sakinah and Nik Jaafar, Nik Fazlin Hiryati and Ngah, Nazlin Emieza and Ismail, Rusnah and Ibrahim, Norlaila and Jusoff, Kamaruzaman and Salleh, Asri (2011) Ingratiation and the use of power in Malaysian secondary schools. World Applied Sciences Journal, 12. pp. 10-14. ISSN 1818-4952; ESSN: 1991-6426 https://www.idosi.org/wasj/wasj12(CKBS)2011.htm
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description It is presumed that an ingratiating subordinate would acquire more rewards from a leader. When the leader is receptive to influence, subordinates would attempt to impress him/her by presenting themselves to be competent. This holds true for any type of organizations. The objective of this paper is to analyze principals’ exertion of power in Malaysian secondary schools and teachers’ ingratiatory strategy. This paper argues that generally, principals’ leadership in schools can be considered as authoritarian and that therefore, teachers are prone to employing ingratiation tactic in order to obtain the principal’s approval and receive favorable outcomes.
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author Mat Zin, Sakinah
Nik Jaafar, Nik Fazlin Hiryati
Ngah, Nazlin Emieza
Ismail, Rusnah
Ibrahim, Norlaila
Jusoff, Kamaruzaman
Salleh, Asri
spellingShingle Mat Zin, Sakinah
Nik Jaafar, Nik Fazlin Hiryati
Ngah, Nazlin Emieza
Ismail, Rusnah
Ibrahim, Norlaila
Jusoff, Kamaruzaman
Salleh, Asri
Ingratiation and the use of power in Malaysian secondary schools
author_facet Mat Zin, Sakinah
Nik Jaafar, Nik Fazlin Hiryati
Ngah, Nazlin Emieza
Ismail, Rusnah
Ibrahim, Norlaila
Jusoff, Kamaruzaman
Salleh, Asri
author_sort Mat Zin, Sakinah
title Ingratiation and the use of power in Malaysian secondary schools
title_short Ingratiation and the use of power in Malaysian secondary schools
title_full Ingratiation and the use of power in Malaysian secondary schools
title_fullStr Ingratiation and the use of power in Malaysian secondary schools
title_full_unstemmed Ingratiation and the use of power in Malaysian secondary schools
title_sort ingratiation and the use of power in malaysian secondary schools
publisher IDOSI Publications
publishDate 2011
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37149/1/Ingratiation%20and%20the%20use%20of%20power%20in%20Malaysian%20secondary%20schools.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37149/
https://www.idosi.org/wasj/wasj12(CKBS)2011.htm
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