Principal Leadership Beliefs: Grit and Principals’ Sense of Self-Efficacy

Shawn Stephen Perry

Abstract

Duckworth and Quinn (2009) identified grit as an influencing factor that could be connected to a principal’s self-efficacy. The researchers defined grit as “trait-level perseverance and passion for long-term goals” (Duckworth & Quinn, 2009, p. 166) and s