Journal of Educational Administration: Volume 57 Issue 6

Ethical dilemmas in education: a case study of challenges faced by secondary school leaders in Kenya

Truphena Oduol, Sue Cornforth

The purpose of this paper is to question the usefulness of Euro-Western concepts of principled ethical behaviour for school leaders in non-Euro-Western countries by examining the…

The effects of leader support for teacher psychological needs on teacher burnout, commitment, and intent to leave

Timothy G. Ford, Jentre Olsen, Jam Khojasteh, Jordan Ware, Angela Urick

The actions of school leaders engender working conditions that can play a role in positively (or negatively) affecting teachers’ motivation, well-being or professional practice…

Leading school change and improvement: A bibliometric analysis of the knowledge base (1960–2017)

Jasna Kovačević, Philip Hallinger

The purpose of this paper is to quantitatively document and synthesize the knowledge base on leading school change and improvement (LSCI).

Professional learning communities of teachers: Israeli principals’ perceptions

Orit Avidov-Ungar

The purpose of this paper is to focus on professional learning communities (PLCs) run for and by teachers to achieve their ongoing professional development and greater pupil…

A systematic review and thematic synthesis of research on school leadership in the Republic of Ireland: 2008–2018

Gavin Murphy

The purpose of this paper is to review and generate themes evident in research on primary and post-primary (secondary) school leadership in the Republic of Ireland (Ireland) from…

Turnaround leaders’ shifting gears in chronos and kairos time

Irene H. Yoon, Annie Barton

In empirical research and practitioner guides, turnaround processes tend to be described in terms of discrete stages and strategies. Though necessary, this characterization belies…

School administrators’ direct and indirect influences on middle school math teachers’ turnover

Christopher Redding, Laura Neergaard Booker, Thomas M. Smith, Laura M. Desimone

Administrator support has been identified as a key factor in deterring teacher turnover. Yet, the specific ways school principals directly or indirectly influence teacher…

A systematic review of educational leadership and management research in Turkey: Content analysis of topics, conceptual models, and methods

Mehmet Şükrü Bellibaş, Sedat Gümüş

While the current knowledge in the field of educational leadership and management (EDLM) has been primarily based on research produced in English-speaking Western societies, there…

The relation between school climate and preschool teacher stress: The mediating role of teachers’ self-efficacy

Bi Ying Hu, Yuanhua Li, Chuang Wang, Barry Lee Reynolds, Shuang Wang

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between school climate and teacher stress. Specifically, the authors construct two parsimonious models to test two main…