International Journal of Educational Management: Volume 26 Issue 5

Successful school leadership in Sweden and the US: Contexts of social responsibility and individualism

Betty Merchant, Helene Ärlestig, Encarnacion Garza, Olof Johansson, Elizabeth Murakami‐Ramalho, Monika Törnsén

The purpose of this cross‐cultural study of schools in Sweden and Texas is to examine the cultural contexts of schools in both settings, and the leadership role of principals in…

“Democratic” collaboration for school turnaround in Southern Arizona

Jeffrey V. Bennett

The purpose of this study is to examine the democratic nature of collaboration and related principal influences in one successful Southern Arizona elementary school in a changing…

The construction of a public face as a school principal

Jorunn Møller

The purpose of this paper is to examine how successful school leaders in Norway frame their public identity and how their narratives may be understood in relation to different…

Educational leadership in a competitive state: a contradiction in terms?

Lejf Moos

The purpose of this paper is to explore how important the choice of theoretical perspective is on the analyses of empirical data from a Danish case study.

Intrapersonal factors in New Zealand school leadership success

Ross Notman

The purpose of this paper is to share New Zealand findings from the International Successful School Principalship Project (ISSPP) which relate to intrapersonal dimensions of…

Successful secondary principalship in Cyprus: What have “Thucydides” and “Plato” revealed to us?

Petros Pashiardis, Antonios Kafa, Christiana Marmara

The purpose of this paper is to provide an insight into successful secondary school principals in Cyprus, focusing on identifying their actions and behaviours through the adoption…

A special issue of the International Journal of Educational Management on the topic of "International and comparative studies in successful school leadership"

Petros Pashiardis