Journal•ISSN: 0263-211X
Educational Management & Administration
SAGE Publishing
About: Educational Management & Administration is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Primary education & Higher education. It has an ISSN identifier of 0263-211X. Over the lifetime, 599 publications have been published receiving 11710 citations.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the leadership of organizations is most appropriately understood as a distributed, rather than as a focused, phenomenon, and propose a reconceptualization of leadership.
Abstract: This article argues for a reconceptualization of leadership. Possible substitutes for leadership are reviewed along with a number of existing dualisms. These are rejected in favour of the claim that the leadership of organizations is most appropriately understood as a distributed, rather thanas a focused, phenomenon. Various attributes, dimensions and applications of distribution are then considered, and a revised approach to action and influence in organizations centred on conjointly performed activities is thenproposed. For this new formulation a summary is provided of the core concepts of, and recent developments in, activity theory. It is shown that two particular advantages of this approach include the helpful model it provides for contextual analysis—an aspect sorely neglected by the field of leadership—and its focus on the evolving division of labour in organizations, the prime mover for tracking emerging patterns of distributed leadership.
1,068 citations
TL;DR: The English National College for School Leadership organized a programme of study visits to several international leadership centres in 2001 and reported the findings of these visits and relates them to recent research on school leadership preparation as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The English National College for School Leadership organized a programme of study visits to several international leadership centres in 2001. This article reports the findings of these visits and relates them to recent research on school leadership preparation. This shows a widespread commitment to training and preparation for headship but considerable diversity in the nature of such provision. There are many courses for aspiring, beginning and experienced principals but few examples of a coherent programme for all three stages. Preparation for leadership teams and middle managers is very limited. Learning modes include on-line provison, mentoring, coaching and internship as well as courses. The article recommends the establishment of an international network of leadership centres.
262 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a comparative analysis of findings from two studies using different categories of research subjects (teachers and academics) was carried out to examine what, fundamentally, affects job-related attitudes among education professionals.
Abstract: This article builds on what the author has, elsewhere, identified as a ‘fifth level of understanding or elucidation’ in relation to what influences three specific work-related attitudes; morale, job satisfaction and motivation. It picks up the ‘story so far’ of what researchinformed analyses reveal as morale-, job-satisfaction- and motivation-influencing factors.Taking this as a starting point, it applies a comparative analysis of findings from two studies using different categories of research subjects—schoolteachers and academics—to delve deeper into examining what, fundamentally, affects job-related attitudes among education professionals. In particular, the extent and nature of the influence of leadership on morale,job satisfaction and motivation are examined. Finally, implications of these findings for education leadership policy and practice are discussed.
217 citations
TL;DR: In an interview, Zbegniew Brzezinski, President Carter's adviser on national security stated: "My overwhelming observation from the experience of the last four years is that history is neither the product of design nor of conspiracy, but is rather the reflection of continuing chaos".
Abstract: operate, there remains the fundamental assumption that if plans are well-conceived, clearly set out, and adequately communicated, then systems can be improved. Yet everyone working in organisations is all too well aware of their often idiosyncratic, adventitious, unpredictable and intractable nature when every day brings a new organisational &dquo;pathology&dquo; to disrupt well laid plans. This uncertainty occurs at the highest levels of policy-making and implementation. In his much cited work on the Cuban missile crisis Allison (1971) showed that what had been interpreted as the outcome of carefully-considered and rationally-enacted policies could be viewed as the result of actors within a highly uncertain situation bargaining within their own camps as well as across national boundaries. In an interview, Zbegniew Brzezinski, President Carter’s adviser on national security stated: &dquo;My overwhelming observation from the experience of the last four years is that history is neither the product of design nor of conspiracy, but is rather the reflection of continuing chaos. Seen from the outside, decisions may often seem clear and consciously formulated ... but one learns that so much of what happens ... is the product of chaotic conditions and a great deal of personal struggle and ambiguity&dquo; (Urban, 1981). Policymakers and administrators in the less lethal field of education will recognise the aleatory dimension of the institution described by Kogan (1975) as &dquo;pluralistic, I incremental, -unsystematic and reactive&dquo; as they attempt to improve the service in conditions which appear to be perennially turbulent. Evidence of the quirky and idiosyncratic nature-of social institutions could lead one into a consideration of fundamental questions about the nature of the social sciences. However, this path will not be taken in this paper. The question to be
209 citations
TL;DR: The need to recruit and retain teachers and to improve their morale has focused attention on the status of teaching as a profession as discussed by the authors, and the generic term "status" has three re-
Abstract: The need to recruit and retain teachers and to improve their morale has focused attention onthe status of teaching as a profession. This article suggests that the generic term ‘status’ has three re...
192 citations