...Yingying Huang; Haiyan Qian Purpose This systematic review aims to identify key research themes in educational leadership and management (EDLM) in Hong Kong between 2015 and 2025 and compare them with those reported in Szeto et al.’s (2015) review of the 1995–2014 literature...

... © Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only School improvement Middle leader development School–university partnership Social network analysis Hong Kong School improvement constitutes a systematic process that transforms learning...

...Karen Seashore Louis; Moosung Lee; Allan Walker; Yuk Ling Chui Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of different dimensions of instructional leadership on student learning in Hong Kong secondary schools, whose broader institutional contexts are critically characterized...

... of research in the area in Hong Kong we believed this focus had the potential contribute to our understanding of local practice and also supplement the international literature. Oduro's (2003, cited in MacBeath et al., 2006 , p. 5) definition of selection, “Choos(ing) the most suitable applicant...

.... Design/methodology/approach The paper employs a case example in a Hong Kong School to illustrate the application of the principles and discuss their potential to sustain the effect of capacity building in schools.. The descriptive case study is used to illustrate six theoretical propositions of self...

... the ranks of vice‐principals in Hong Kong, it is important to examine whether their current experience adequately prepares vice‐principals to take up this senior position. Design/methodology/approach All vice‐principals in Hong Kong secondary schools were sent a questionnaire that asked for the extent...

...Anthony H. Normore; Ming Ming Chiu; Allan Walker Purpose This article aims to instigate a focused dialogue of social justice in Hong Kong schools and of the responsibilities this holds for school leaders. Design/methodology/approach The authors draw on economic, psychological, and sociological...

... for international student assessment were analyzed to investigate educational decentralization in three Asian societies: Hong Kong, Japan, and Korea. Cluster analysis was used to reveal the nature and extent of decentralization of the schooling systems in the three societies. Findings The results revealed four...

...Allan Walker; Robin Man‐biu Cheung; Allan Walker Purpose – This paper aims to contribute to one's understanding of how beginning principals in Hong Kong exercise leadership by exploring the concurrent influence of their inner worlds and the external contexts on their leadership within a reforming...

... academic abilities in Hong Kong were surveyed, using instruments from diverse conceptual sources. Findings Findings emerging from the data supported two propositions: First, high flexible structure fostered conditions that were more conducive to teachers' learning than working conditions which were...

...Louise Y.S. Law; Allan Walker; Clive Dimmock This paper describes a grounded theory that emerged from a study of Hong Kong Protestant secondary school principals’ values and their impact on principals’ perceptions and management of problems. This substantive theory is labelled the “value‐based...

...Allan H.K. Yuen; Nancy Law; K.C. Wong The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) government launched a five‐year ICT strategy in schools in late 1998. This paper reports the findings of the analysis on models of change in 18 schools striving to integrate the use of ICT in teaching...

...Kwok‐Chun Tang; Mark Bray Within the analytical framework proposed by Margaret Archer, this paper charts the emergence and development of education systems during the twentieth century in Hong Kong and Macau. Although these two territories have much in common, in education they display considerable...

...Clive Dimmock; Allan Walker This paper addresses in three parts the theme of school transformation in Hong Kong. First, it outlines the three main reforms of the 1990s affecting both school management and curriculum, namely, the School Management Initiative), the target‐oriented curriculum...

... and multi‐dimensions of leadership into consideration. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Gender Hong Kong Leadership Schools Teachers Women The importance of leadership has been strongly emphasized in the literature of school effectiveness and educational reforms (Caldwell and Spinks, 1992...

..., and some tension, as how best to proceed with implementation. This exploration began when three university teachers decided to alter the way they taught part of one master’s level course in educational administration at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. While on the surface there is nothing...

...Hong Sheung Chui; Fenton G. Sharpe; John McCormick Describes a study which investigated the relationship between the vision and five dimensions of leadership behaviour of principals in Hong Kong. A survey was carried out on 48 secondary schools involving 548 teachers. Half of the sample schools...

...Yin Cheong Cheng Borrowing the ideas from the theories of adult organizations,investigates how teacher leadership style is related to use of power,social climate, student‐affective performance in a sample of 678 classrooms in 190 Hong Kong primary schools. Finds that class teacher′s leadership...

...Yin Cheong Cheng The study investigates the relationship between leadership style of principals and organisational process in secondary schools and identifies effective leadership styles in the context of Hong Kong. The study is based on a survey involving 64 secondary schools and 627 teachers...