Despite the popularity of distributed leadership theory, the investigation of the micro-political aspects of such models have scarcely been explored, and insights on the cultural variety of distributed practices in schools are limited. The present study aimed to explore what micro-political aspects emerge in participative decision making in collectivist and individualist cultures. To this end, a multiple case study method was adopted, focusing on four Israeli public high schools. Schools were chosen to represent an ‘extreme’ case selection rationale: two non-religious urban schools representing individualist cases, and two communal schools in religious kibbutzim representing communal schools. The analysis shed light on three micro-political points of comparison between the prototypes of participative decision making in collectivist and individualist cultures related to control, actors, and stage crafting. The findings and implications are discussed.

尽管分布式领导力理论很流行，但很少研究这种模型的微观政治方面，并且对学校分布式实践的文化多样性的见解有限。本研究旨在探讨在集体主义和个人主义文化的参与性决策中出现了哪些微观政治方面的问题。为此，采用了一种多案例研究方法，重点针对以色列的四所公立中学。选择学校代表“极端”案例选择的依据：两所代表个人主义案例的非宗教城市学校，以及两所宗教集体庄园中的公立学校，代表公立学校。分析揭示了集体主义和个人主义文化中与控制，行为者和舞台制作有关的参与式决策原型之间的三个微观政治比较点。研究结果和含义进行了讨论。