School leadership models: what do we know?

Bush, Tony; Glover, Derek

Abstract

The growth in the importance of school leadership has been accompanied by theory development, with new models emerging and established approaches being redefined and further developed. The purpose of this paper is to review current and recent writing on leadership models. The paper examines theoretical literature, to see how leadership is conceptualised, and empirical literature, to demonstrate whether and how the research evidence supports these concepts. The paper shows that leadership models are subject to fashion but often serve to reflect, and to inform, changes in school leadership practice.

Citation

Bush, T., & Glover, D. (2014). School leadership models: what do we know?. School Leadership and Management, 34(5), https://doi.org/10.1080/13632434.2014.928680

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jul 2, 2014
• Deposit Date: Mar 30, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 30, 2016
• Journal: School Leadership & Management
• Print ISSN: 1363-2434
• Electronic ISSN: 1364-2626
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 34
• Issue: 5
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13632434.2014.928680
• Keywords: school leadership, leadership models, leadership theory
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/733023
• Publisher URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13632434.2014.928680
• Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in School Leadership & Management on 2 July 2014, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13632434.2014.928680