TY - JOUR AB - Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the current and past work using discourse analysis in the field of educational administration and of discourse analysis as a methodology. Design/methodology/approach– Authors reviewed research in educational leadership that uses discourse analysis as a methodology. Findings– While discourse analysis has been used in the field, little work has been done that explores “leadership” as a discourse practice. Originality/value– Increased use of discourse analysis in the field might unearth the ways principals and superintendents are creators of discourse and mediators of the discourses of others. VL - 29 IS - 7 SN - 0951-354X DO - 10.1108/IJEM-05-2015-0064 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEM-05-2015-0064 AU - Anderson Gary AU - Mungal Angus Shiva ED - Jeffrey S. Brooks and Anthony H. Normore PY - 2015 Y1 - 2015/01/01 TI - Discourse analysis and the study of educational leadership T2 - International Journal of Educational Management PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 807 EP - 818 Y2 - 2024/04/19 ER -