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Examining Integrated Leadership Systems in High Schools: Connecting Principal and Teacher Leadership to Organizational Processes and Student Outcomes
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Sebastian, James; Huang, Haigen; Allensworth, Elaine – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2017
Research on school leadership suggests that both principal and teacher leadership are important for school improvement. However, few studies have studied the interaction of principal and teacher leadership as separate but linked systems in how they relate to student outcomes. In this study, we examine how leadership pathways are related in the…
Descriptors: Principals, Teacher Leadership, High Schools, Comparative Analysis
How Much of a Difference Do Principals Make? an Analysis of Between-Schools Variation in Academic Achievement in Hong Kong Public Secondary Schools
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Walker, Allan David; Lee, Moosung; Bryant, Darren A. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2014
This article aims to explain the role principals play in the variation in academic achievement between secondary schools in Hong Kong. The article draws on survey data from 179 key staff and 2,037 students from 42 schools. The study uses 2 analytical approaches. First, it employs classification and regression tree analysis (CART). This was used to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accountability, Principals, Administrator Role
National Contexts Influencing Principals' Time Use and Allocation: Economic Development, Societal Culture, and Educational System
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Lee, Moosung; Hallinger, Philip – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2012
This study examines the impact of macro-context factors on the behavior of school principals. More specifically, the article illuminates how a nation's level of economic development, societal culture, and educational system influence the amount of time principals devote to their job role and shape their allocation of time to instructional…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Principals, Instructional Leadership, Economic Development
Influence of Contextual Challenges and Constraints on Learning-Centered Leadership
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Tan, Cheng Yong – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2014
The present study examines from the contingency opportunities perspective the influence of contextual factors on principals' learning-centered leadership using HLM. Participants were 18,641 school principals from 73 jurisdictions who participated in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009. Results showed that principals were…
Descriptors: Principals, Leadership, Performance Factors, Influences
Building Collaborative Structures for Teachers' Autonomy and Self-Efficacy: The Mediating Role of Participative Management and Learning Culture
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Lu, Jiafang; Jiang, Xinhui; Yu, Huen; Li, Dongyu – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2015
This study focused on the collaborative structure-building behavior of school principals and examined how such behavior affects teacher empowerment. More important, it tested the mediating effects of participative management and learning culture. By collecting nested data from 104 schools in Hong Kong and adopting multilevel structural equation…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Professional Autonomy, Teacher Empowerment, Principals