It could be suggested that persistent workforce problems in the early childhood (EC) field in Australia – such as job satisfaction and turnover may be related to ineffective leadership practices, low pay and lack of professional acknowledgement. In this article we report on a small qualitative study completed in 2017, investigating 12 educators’ experiences of what could be described as ‘dark side’ leadership practices. Purposeful sampling was used to select educators who had expressed dissatisfaction with leaders on a Facebook forum for early childhood educators. Findings revealed all of Oplatka’s elements of ‘dark side’ leadership practices and ideologies at work, with the addition of two new types of ‘dark side’ leadership practices – ‘acts of courage’ and ‘meat in the sandwich’. The evidence these data provide of regulatory breaches, discrimination and bullying highlight the critical need for action by employers, regulatory authorities and unions to better support educators and their leaders in their work environments.

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幼儿教育领导力的“阴暗面”

可以认为，澳大利亚幼儿（EC）领域持续存在的劳动力问题，例如工作满意度和离职率，可能与无效的领导行为，低薪和缺乏专业认可有关。在本文中，我们报告了一项于2017年完成的小型定性研究，调查了12位教育工作者关于“阴暗”领导实践的经验。在有针对性的早期教育者的Facebook论坛上，使用有目的的抽样来选择对领导者表示不满的教育者。调查结果揭示了Oplatka在工作中“阴暗面”领导行为和意识形态的所有要素，并增加了两种新型的“阴暗面”领导行为-“勇气”和“三文治”。这些数据提供了违反法规的证据，