Journal of Educational Administration: Volume 35 Issue 3

Authenticity in leadership: an emerging perspective

Patrick A. Duignan, Narottam Bhindi

First describes the current context of cynicism about the quality and integrity of many of our leaders in contemporary public and private sector organizations and the culture of…

Student mentality: intentionalist perspectives about the principal

B. Jeannie Lum

The purpose of this study is to examine student perspectives about the principal from an intentionalist perspective. The following claims are made: One, that student mentality…

The contexts of partial truths: an analysis of principal’s discourse

Ira E. Bogotch, Cynthia B. Roy

Using sociolinguistic methods and ethnography, looks at the continuous and in process relationship between everyday talk and school leadership. Through close discourse analysis of…

Experience, meaning and principal development

L. Nan Restine

Presents an exploratory study of principals’ (n = 104) experience, meaning, and learning and development in the contexts of pre‐service, preparation, and over the career span…

The secondary headteacher and time‐in‐post: a study of job satisfaction

David Mercer

Questions research from a number of countries which suggests that following an initial high level of job satisfaction, headteachers experience a diminution of job satisfaction…