Over the past two decades, debate over the most suitable leadership role for principals has
been dominated by two conceptual models: instructional leadership and transformational …

Over the past four decades, the concept of leadership has become increasingly more
complex and elaborate. Considerable debate has emerged over the most suitable model for …

The past 25 years have witnessed the emergence of new conceptual models. In contrast
with many earlier leadership models applied to school administration, these models focus …

Instructional and transformational leadership are two of the most important, and enduring,
leadership models, as noted by Hallinger (1992). However, they are different in one …

Transformational leadership is among the most enduring of the many leadership models. It
offers a normative approach to school leadership which focuses primarily on the process by …

Transformational leadership is a term which has appeared with increasing frequency in
writings about education since the late 1980's. Sometimes it has been used to signify an …

Not surprisingly, many studies affirm the pivotal role of school leaders in shaping the culture
of schools and the quality of teaching and learning that occurs in classrooms (Barth 1990 …

This special issue of SESI includes three articles using large-scale, quantitative research
methods to assess the effects of transformational school leadership. Studies exploring this …

This article reviews recent developments in leadership. It discusses the shift towards the
language of performance outcomes used increasingly to describe leaders and leadership …

School leaders are under considerable pressure to demonstrate the contribution of their
work to school improvement, which has resulted in the creation of a wide range of literature …