Purpose Tenure is frequently conceived as a two-edged sword: on the one hand, it provides professional security enabling individuals to initiate hazardous endeavors characterized by uncertainty, risk and potential negative results. On the other hand, professional security may negatively affect motivation, promote indifference and undermine genuine initiatives. The purpose of this paper is to assess the implications tenure has on school leaders’ proactive behavior, evident in their tendency to innovate and initiate creative and authentic endeavors. Design/methodology/approach Questionnaires were administered to 30 non-tenured Greek school principals and 42 tenured Israeli school leaders. School leaders were questioned about their tendency to innovate and act creatively and authentically. Findings Comparisons of groups’ mean scores show that Greek school leaders obtained higher scores when creativity, authenticity and innovativeness are compared between the two groups. These findings are further supported in a discriminant analysis indicating that the two groups’ orientations toward the discriminant function comprising variables, which characterize proactive behavior, are opposite. Originality/value The findings of the authors obtained in this study show that job security, which follows tenure, does not guarantee proactive behavior. Implications are further discussed.

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权属还是不权属？比较视角对学校领导者积极行为的一些启示

目的使用权通常被认为是两刃剑：一方面，它提供专业的安全性，使个人能够发起以不确定性，风险和潜在的负面结果为特征的危险工作。另一方面，职业安全可能会对动力产生消极影响，加剧冷漠并破坏真正的主动性。本文的目的是评估任职期对学校领导者积极行为的影响，这在他们创新和发起创造性和真实努力的趋势中很明显。设计/方法论/方法对30名非终身任职的希腊学校校长和42名终身任职的以色列学校负责人进行了问卷调查。向学校领导者询问了他们的创新趋势以及创造性和真实行为。结果比较各组的平均分表明，在比较两组的创造力，真实性和创新性时，希腊学校领导者获得了更高的分数。判别分析进一步支持了这些发现，表明判别两组对判别函数的方向是相反的，这些函数包括表征主动行为的变量。原创性/价值这项研究中作者的发现表明，任期后的工作安全并不能保证积极的行为。进一步讨论了含义。判别分析进一步支持了这些发现，表明判别两组对判别函数的方向是相反的，这些函数包括表征主动行为的变量。原创性/价值这项研究中作者的发现表明，任期后的工作安全并不能保证积极的行为。进一步讨论了含义。判别分析进一步支持了这些发现，表明判别两组对判别函数的方向是相反的，这些函数包括表征主动行为的变量。原创性/价值这项研究中作者的发现表明，任期后的工作安全并不能保证积极的行为。进一步讨论了含义。