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Dr Hanifi Parlar is an Associate Professor of Educational Administration at Istanbul Commerce University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in the Department of Educational Sciences, İstanbul, Turkey. He worked as a teacher, deputy headmaster, headmaster and general manager 19 years in high schools. His research interests include capacity-building school effectiveness, leadership development, teacher professionalism, instructional strategies and innovation in education. He generally studies about school improvement, teacher development, leadership and organisational development.

Muhammet Emin Türkoğlu, PhD, works as an Assistant Professor of Educational Administration at Afyon Kocatepe University, Faculty of Education in the Department of Educational Sciences, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. He completed his BA from Maltepe University and PhD degree from Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Turkey. His study topics are mainly on educational leadership. He worked as a teacher for 16 years in high schools.

Dr Ramazan Cansoy works as an Associated Professor of Educational Administration at Karabük University, Turkey. His study topics are mainly educational leadership, school development and organisational behaviours in education. He worked as a teacher for 17 years in high schools.