cross-curricular leadership in future schools; A phenomenological study

The current research was conducted with the aim of investigating the cross-border activities of educational managers in future schools. 

The research is of qualitative type with phenomenological technology.The method used in this research is the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) in which pairwisecomparison of criteria and components were analyzed.The validity of the questionnaire has been confirmed based on the opinions of experts and university professors. The research field is the second secondary school teachers in Rasht, 30 of whom were selected based on purposive sampling. Quality of Work Life components include physical-mental health, access to services, feelings and emotions, job satisfaction and workplace.

Qualitative data analysis showed that principals are involved in different boundary behaviors with the aim of setting the boundary that separates the school from its environment, which we called boundary management and were divided into the following categories: (a) Behaviors that It reflected internal boundaries and included seeking information about strengths and weaknesses, building trust among staff, and showing fairness to school members in decisions. and (b) behaviors that reflect external boundary activities, which include seeking information from external stakeholders, sharing this information with teachers, and building positive relationships between the school and external stakeholders.

Boundary management not only involves interactions with individuals, groups, and organizations outside the school, but also many internal activities that reinforce the school boundary from within. In addition, it was found that border management is related to questions that answer "how" in internal borders and "by whom" in external borders. Boundary management is supported by modernist organization-environment relations theories.