International Journal of Educational Management: Volume 32 Issue 7

Course leadership in small specialist UK higher education – a review

Nieky van Veggel, Philip Howlett

The purpose of this paper is to review the literature with regard to the course leader in small and specialist higher education in the UK.

Academics’ experience of contradicting institutional logics of publishing

Herman Aksom

The purpose of this paper is to explore whether and how Ukrainian scholars recognize and react to a situation of an absence of two major institutional logics of academic writing…

Effectiveness of animation as a tool for communication in primary education: An experimental study in India

Shreesha M., Sanjay Kumar Tyagi

In the digital era, the dynamics of the communication process in classrooms have changed significantly. With the help of computer-mediated communication techniques, especially…

A system of continuing pedagogical education in Russia: current state and prospects

Tatyana Bazarova, Walentina Waganova, Nina Dagbaeva, Sergei Namsaraev, Galina Fomizkaya

The purpose of this paper is to investigate continuing pedagogical education from a new perspective that is especially relevant during the development of an information society.

Addressing free riders in collaborative group work: The use of mobile application in higher education

Suzanna Sobhy El Massah

Free-riding behaviour may threaten the success of teamwork, when one or more group members receive the benefits of other members’ achievements with little effort or cost of their…

School leadership theories and the Malaysia Education Blueprint: Findings from a systematic literature review

Tony Bush, Suriani Abdul Hamid, Ashley Ng, Maria Kaparou

The purpose of this paper is to provide a systematic review of the Malaysian literature on three prominent leadership models (instructional, distributed and transformational)…

School business managers in England: negotiating identity

Paul Wilfred Armstrong

The purpose of this paper is to explore the concept of group identity formation amongst school business managers in the English school system.

Chinese and Vietnamese international students in Australia

Huong Le, Jade McKay

The purpose of this paper is to examine the voice of Chinese and Vietnamese international students through studying the similarities and differences in their learning experiences…

How are higher education institutions defining their meta-description tags?

Girish Taneja

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of meta-tags by the leading higher educational institutions (HEIs). It explores the various kinds of messages conveyed by HEIs…

Private school vouchers for expanding secondary school access? The case of Tanzania

Donald R. Baum, Jacobus Cilliers

The purpose of this paper is to provide insight into the current contributions of private schools to education provision in Tanzania, and to consider the feasibility of a school…

Knowledge management in higher education institutions in Mauritius

Poonam Veer Ramjeawon, Jennifer Rowley

The purpose of this paper is to research on knowledge management (KM) in higher education institutions (HEIs) by studying its processes, knowledge creation (KC), knowledge sharing…

Internship as a criterion for South African educators’ registration

Gideon Petrus van Tonder, Elsa Fourie

The purpose of this paper is to explore the possible use of internships to support educators with the increase in their administrative, professional workload.

How ethical leadership stimulates academics’ retention in universities: The mediating role of job-related affective well-being

Saima Ahmad, Syed Muhammad Fazal-E-Hasan, Ahmad Kaleem

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between ethical leadership and academics’ retention in universities. It draws on the conservation of resources theory…