... case studies which included semi-structured interviews and key school document analysis. A thematic content analysis facilitated qualitative descriptions and insights from the perspectives of the principals, DPs and teachers of four high-performing secondary schools in Sydney, Australia. Findings...

... and now it is finally happening in Australia: large numbers of Baby Boomer [1] principals and middle executives are reaching the traditional retirement age in substantial numbers. Conventional wisdom would suggest that in keeping with past practice, these leaders left the profession at or around...

... of the ethical use of data. This study, then, contributes to this area as it provides a discussion on school principals’ leadership practices in the current climate driven by data use. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Principals Australia Balance Data use Ethical leadership Accountability...

... using survey questionnaires. Participants were staff members of Catholic diocesan primary schools in New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Queensland, Australia. Research hypotheses were tested using correlation and multiple regression analyses. Findings – Ten organizational...

... to action “relatively infrequently” and under specific conditions, usually related to urgency. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Authentic learning Moral purpose Ethical leadership Shared purpose Learning Ethics Australia This project is an initiative that combines dimensions...

...Stephen Jacobson; Lauri Johnson; David Gurr; Lawrie Drysdale Purpose The aim of this paper is to bring together for the first time three studies of middle‐level leaders in secondary schools in Victoria, Australia. The studies span more than a decade and allow consideration of the progress...

... of educational leadership courses in under‐graduate programs and in the context of increased political attention and no formal pre‐requisites for the principalship in Australia, this work is both timely and significant. Second, this paper works with a sophisticated notion of school leadership practice and its...

... be contacted at: bill.mulford@utas.edu.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Australia Educational administration Schools Principals Complexity, Leadership Organizational development Organizational learning Student outcomes Social capital Communities of professional learners Public...

... as one of the leading generalist international journals in its field, the Journal of Educational Administration has until recently been edited in Australia. The most eminent international scholars in the field have published in the JEA throughout its lifetime. Esteemed scholars have...

...Stephen Dinham; Frank Crowther; Jim Watterston; Brian Caldwell Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review strategies to build capacity for school improvement in Australia. The focus is on public schools and strategies adopted for the system as a whole. Design/methodology/approach...

... robust measures of performance are sought that would sufficiently differentiate performance to support judgement about whether or not to appoint candidates in the public educational authority in Western Australia. Design/methodology/approach Initially, the authors describe previous research...

... challenging in the early years in the position and the extent to which principals believe they were prepared for these challenges. The survey was administered to 45 novice principals in Western Australia. Findings The preliminary results of the survey have yielded some insights that draw attention to what...

...Megan Kimber; Lisa Catherine Ehrich Purpose The paper seeks to apply the theory of the democratic deficit to school‐based management with an emphasis on Australia. This theory was developed to examine managerial restructuring of the Australian Public Service in the 1990s. Given similarities...

...@une.edu.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Perhaps one reason for the lack of research in Australia is the fact that bullying is difficult to define. Workplace bullying might take the form of excessive monitoring of work, unreasonable deadlines, unmanageable workload, and meaningless tasks...

...Neil Cranston; Bill Mulford; Jack Keating; Alan Reid Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report the results of a national survey of government primary school principals in Australia, investigating the purposes of education, in terms of the importance and level of enactment of those purposes...

.... Design/methodology/approach The paper employs a literature review, policy and document analysis. Findings Since the late 1980s, the schooling agenda in Australia has been narrowed to one that gives primacy to purposes of schooling that highlight economic orientations (social efficiency) and private...

...Richard Niesche; Robyn Jorgensen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on research into the challenges for leadership in implementation of a new curriculum in a remote region of Queensland, Australia. Design/methodology/approach Data for the research were gathered through an online...

... of successful school leadership and successful schools. Lawrie Drysdale can be contacted at: drysdale@unimelb.edu.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Schools Leadership Principals Australia This paper describes a Victorian observational case study that is part...

...Olof Johansson; Leif Moos; Lejf Moos; Olof Johansson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to synthesize the findings of the follow‐up studies of successful school principals in six countries – Australia, Denmark, England, Norway, Sweden, and the USA. Design/methodology/approach Data were...

...Michael Bezzina; Robert J. Starratt; Charles Burford Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the debate on the development of a national curriculum for Australia. The paper challenges stakeholders to interrogate the question of national curriculum, its purpose, values and potential...