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Box 25.7
The rotated components matrix in principal components analysis
Rotated component matrix a
Component
1 2 3 4 5
The clarity of the direction that is set by the 0.559 0.133 7.552E-02 0.248 0.212
school leadership
The ability of the leader to motivate and inspire 0.743 0.142 0.176 9.058E-02 0.160
the educators
The drive and confidence of the leader 0.758 2.151E-02 0.122 2.796E-02 0.222
The consultation abilities/activities of the leader 0.548 0.342 0.208 0.278 0.160
The example set by the leader 0.572 0.239 0.126 0.319 0.209
The commitment of the leader to the school 0.513 0.290 0.252 0.329 0.137
The versatility of the leader’s styles 0.284 0.332 0.377 0.285 5.668E-02
The ability of the leader to communicate clear, 0.449 0.246 0.303 0.351 0.205
individualized expectations
The respect in which the leader is held by staff 0.184 7.988E-02 0.154 0.810 0.240
The staff’s confidence in the SMT 0.180 0.121 7.859E-02 0.809 0.279
The effectiveness of the teamwork of the SMT 0.385 0.445 0.249 0.443 8.104E-02
The extent to which the vision for the school 0.413 0.341 0.305 0.379 0.113
impacts on practice
Educators given opportunities to take on 0.247 0.225 0.494 0.339 −2.66E-02
leadership roles
The creativity of the SMT 0.212 7.188E-02 0.822 −2.97E-03 0.189
Problem-posing, problem-identifying and 0.459 0.351 0.262 0.361 −3.21E-02
problem-solving capacity of SMT
The use of data to inform planning and school 0.690 0.167 0.188 5.158E-02 −3.79E-02
development
Valuing of professional development in the 0.187 0.249 0.551 0.260 7.013E-02
school
Staff consulted about key decisions 0.148 6.670E-02 0.854 7.531E-02 0.167
The encouragement and support for
0.143 5.187E-02 0.189 0.269 0.661
innovativeness and creativity
Everybody is free to make suggestions to 0.165 0.150 0.172 0.264 0.642
inform decision-making
The school works in partnership with parents 0.222 0.804 8.173E-02 0.143 0.199
People take positive risks for the good of the 0.206 0.778 8.998E-02 0.181 2.635E-02
school and its development
Staff voluntarily taking on coordination roles 0.195 0.210 2.681E-02 3.660E-02 0.779
Teamwork among school staff 0.114 0.642 0.220 −3.41E-02 0.277
Chapter 25
Extraction method: Principal components analysis
Rotation method: Varimax with Kaiser Normalization
a. Rotation converged in six iterations.
to keep cool and to look at the data slowly, as,
in fact, they are not complicated. SPSS often
presents researchers with more data than they
need, overwhelming the researcher with data.
In fact the data in Box 25.7 are comparatively
straightforward.
Across the top of the matrix in Box 25.7 we
have a column for each of the 5 factors (1–5)
that SPSS had found for us. The left-hand column
prints the names of each of the 24 variables with
which we are working. We can ignore those pieces
of data which contain the letter ‘E’ (exponential),