De Witt, Karen2016-03-072016-03-072016-03-07http://hdl.handle.net/10539/19997UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND JOHANNESBURG FACULTY OF HUMANITIES WITS SCHOOL OF EDUCATION 31 August 2015School leadership teams often consist of staff with a range of leadership and management skills or responsibilities. There are however, discrepancies regarding the role and purpose of these managers and leaders. The aim of this study was to focus on the perception of staff regarding the role and effectiveness of middle managers within their leadership structure of the school. Two public secondary schools were selected from different geographic locations in Gauteng. The reason for this selection was to see if staff perception regarding middle management changes when schools are dealing with different challenges and external factors such as finance, shortage of staff and the effect addition staff paid by the SGB had on the management team.enEducational leadershipSouth AfricaSchool leadershipThesis