...Kadir Beycioglu; Türker Kurt; Ibrahim Duyar; Temel Çalik Purpose Failure to identify any significant relationships between principal leadership and student achievement has proved concerns about the assumed value and legitimacy of principal leadership. The purpose of this paper is to contribute...

... the Commonwealth in order to provide some answers with regards to the professional development needs of school principals. Design/methodology/approach A mixed methods approach (e.g. both qualitative as well as quantitative) was utilized in order to carry out this study. The questionnaire consisted of 46...

...Kadir Beycioglu; Alma Harris Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on distributed leadership in schools and explore the implications arising from this model of leadership for those in formal leadership positions. It considers how the role of the principal, in particular, is affected...

...Richard Boyatzis; Helen W. Williams Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on two research questions. First, what are the emotional and social intelligence competencies that distinguish outstanding from typical urban principals? Second, how do outstanding and typical urban principals...