Background/Purpose: This study explores the role of core competencies in enhancing school performance in Omani schools. Despite their significance, core competencies have not been officially recognized within the Omani educational system. The research aims to assess how these competencies utilized in school management and their impact on…

This paper examined leadership practices which supported the diffusion of an innovation in a cluster of schools in Singapore, through the lenses of complexity leadership theory (CLT) and ecological leadership. The approach is a qualitative case study, with the unit of analysis bounded by the innovation and a cluster of schools involved in the…

Purpose: Contextual factors can influence the implementation of whole-school health promotion and compromise its impact among students. This study aimed to identify key (combinations of) contextual factors in the implementation of whole-school health promotion at Dutch primary, secondary and secondary vocational schools.…