Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of transformational school leadership on teachers' commitment to change and the effects of organizational and teachers' factors on teachers' perception of transformational school leadership in the Chinese urban upper secondary school context. Design/methodology/approach: The paper mainly…

Purpose: This paper argues that in a well-organised school with strong leadership and vision coupled with a concerted effort to improve the teaching performance of each teacher, student achievement can be enhanced. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that while macro-effect sizes such as "whole of school" metrics are useful for…

Bureaucratic orientations and autonomy have significant linear and curvilinear relations with attitude measures of ideal of service and dedication to teaching. Bureaucratic orientations and the professional attitudes of teachers need not be in conflict if schools increase the autonomy allowed teachers. (Author/IRT)