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This study aimed to find out the degree of change in leadership practice among public
school principals in the Sultanate of Oman considering the model of John Cotter. It also
aimed to reveal statistically significant differences between the responses of the study
sample members about these practices attributed to gender variables, job title, years of
experience, and educational stage, and come up with proposed measures to activate change
leadership practices in public schools in the Sultanate of Oman.
To achieve the aims of the study, the descriptive method was used, and a questionnaire
consisting of (38) paragraphs was prepared, including the questionnaire on eight stages,
which are the stages of the John Cotter model of Change Leadership: feeling the existence
of the problem and the need for change, forming a work team and an alliance to lead the
change, developing and building a vision of change, disseminating and communicating the
vision of change, empowering employees in the educational institution, achieving shortterm gains, consolidating and consolidating gains, and adopting and institutionalizing new
areas. The tool was applied to a sample of (456) teachers (males and females) in the
governorate of North Al Batinah and the data was statistically processed using the statistical
program (SPSS). The study reached several results including the following:
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- The responses of the study sample members to the degree of change leadership practice
among public school principals in Oman came considering the model of John Cotter to a
very high degree.
- There are no statistically significant differences in teachers ' estimates in the degree of change
leadership practice among public school principals in the Sultanate of Oman considering
the John Cotter model at the significance level (α 0.05) attributed to gender variables, job
title, years of experience, and educational stage.
The study came up with a set of suggestions that will contribute to activating the change
leadership practitioner in public schools in the Sultanate of Oman.
