Journal of Educational Administration: Volume 58 Issue 6

How to improve teachers’ instructional practices: the role of professional learning activities, classroom observation and leadership content knowledge in Turkey

Nedim Özdemir

This study focused on the impact of principals' leadership content knowledge, evaluation practices and teachers' professional learning activities on classroom instruction.

Leadership that matters: creating cultures of academic optimism that support teacher learning in Thailand

Dhirapat Kulophas, Philip Hallinger

Research on school leadership has confirmed that principals influence teacher and student learning by building an “academic-focused ethos” in their schools. In this study, our…

The trickle-down effect of OCB in schools: the link between leader OCB and team OCB

Anit Somech, Bat-El Ohayon

Research has provided accumulative evidence that the willingness of teachers to invest in organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) is a fundamental component for achieving school…

School leaders' and teachers' leadership perceptions: differences and similarities

Ellen Daniëls, Annie Hondeghem, Jan Heystek

The purpose of this paper is to offer insight into school leaders' and teachers' perspectives on leadership behaviour and its impact on their mutual relationships. Research papers…

Uncontested: electoral competition in American school board elections

Michael Ford, Douglas Ihrke

The purpose of this research was to determine the extent to which American school board members faced electoral competition, as well as the factors influencing the likelihood of…

Principals as socio-religious curators: progressive and conservative approaches in Islamic schools

Melanie C. Brooks, Jeffrey S. Brooks, Agus Mutohar, Imam Taufiq

The purpose of this study was to investigate how socio-religious dynamics influence (and are influenced by) principals in Islamic schools.

The impact of teacher entrepreneurial behaviour: a timely investigation of an emerging phenomenon

Chun Sing Maxwell Ho, Jiafang Lu, Darren A. Bryant

This study aims to understand of the role that teacher entrepreneurial behavior plays in developing teacher professional capital. The extant concepts around school leadership…

Goal pursuit practices in high schools: hitting the target?

Linda Bendikson, Mark Broadwith, Tong Zhu, Frauke Meyer

This article investigates goal pursuit practices in a sample of 31 New Zealand high schools. It examines goal knowledge of middle and senior leaders, the alignment of this…

Constructing early childhood leadership models in China: a mixed-methods study

Mo Wang, Dora Ho, Jiafang Lu, Dongmei Yang

The purpose of this study is to construct a scale that is contextually suitable for measuring early childhood leadership in China.

Something borrowed, something blue: reflections on theory borrowing in educational administration research

Izhak Berkovich

The practice of theory borrowing from other research fields is common in interdisciplinary and applied research. Nevertheless, educational administration researchers seldom…