OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Educational Management Administration & Leadership is 7. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Female school principals in Arab communities	73
Enhancing changed teacher practice in culturally diverse schools through transformational and social justice leadership: A cross-level moderated mediation model	67
The best of times, the worst of times: Continuities in school leaders' work in uncertain times	40
Culturally responsive leadership practices in secondary schools that lead to positive academic achievement for Māori and Pacific students	37
Too tired to lead?: How stress, mental health conditions, and sleep quality shape principals’ self-efficacy and leave intentions	31
Pressure management: Factors influencing the turnover intentions of school middle leaders in Scotland	31
Not all stressors are equal: Using ecological theory to examine systems that predict stress and mental health in principals	29
Examining teacher leadership perceptions: A comparison between the United States and Qatar	28
A systematic review of research on the relationship between school leadership and student achievement: An updated framework and future direction	26
Should I stay or should I go? Quantitative analysis of school leaders’ intentions to transfer or exit through the lens of the job demands–resources model	25
Meso-level education governance: The rise and fall of regional improvement collaboratives in Scotland	25
Only for school heroes? A qualitative study of Argentine school principals under structural constraints	24
Principled principals: A mixed-methods study on the role of principal leadership in implementing a primary reading intervention in Ghana	23
Generativity and Nigrescence: The identity of a Black school principal pursuing social justice	23
Caring leadership practices in Chilean educational communities: Perceptions of school principals and teachers	23
Teacher leadership in the Arab states: A systematic review	23
Principal instructional leadership and teacher collaboration: A longitudinal study of the influence on pupil achievement	22
School leaders’ crisis management responsibilities in the shadows of safety: A content analysis of educational leadership standards across the United States	22
Teachers’ professional learning: Do instructional leadership and teacher leadership make a difference in Turkiye?	22
The mediating role of adaptive expertise in the relationship between transformational leadership and teacher collaborative professionalism in Tanzanian schools	22
Promoting teacher knowledge sharing in China: The fostering roles of authentic leadership, reciprocity norms, and organizational trust	21
A systematic review of authentic leadership literature in educational research from 1997 to 2021	20
Hybrid leadership configurations in networked learning communities in Singapore	20
The effect of department leadership on teacher professional learning in China: A multilevel moderated mediation model	19
Religious monoglossia/heteroglossia and discourses of women leadership in Pakistani higher education	19

Unlocking teacher potential: The integrated influence of empowering leadership and authentic leadership on teacher self-efficacy and agency in Turkey	19
Instructional leadership malfunction in rural areas: Examining the influence of principal instructional leadership on instructional quality in Chinese rural schools	18
School leadership and student outcomes: What do we know?	18
Leadership at the boundaries of schools: Navigating the complexities of collaboration	17
Planning, assessment, and development time through the lens of teacher leadership – Perceptions of Finnish early childhood education teachers	16
Does school inspection lead to school improvement? A case study	16
Dual rejection: Senior and middle women leader's identity negotiation strategy in China's HEIs	16
Systematic review of research on women and educational leadership in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan	16
Promoting team learning in schools: Considering the role of team-based HRM practices (THRM)	16
Distributed pedagogical leadership and transformative change	15
De-mystifying the 'Cinderella' leadership model: Premia in the practice of curriculum leadership	15
Viability of distributive leadership and teacher autonomy for effective schools in developing nations: A case study from Nigeria	15
Linking distributed leadership to teacher job satisfaction in China: Mediating roles of teacher well-being and work motivation	15
The effects of instructional leadership on teachers’ instructional practices through inclusive efficacy: The moderating role of social justice leadership	15
The enduring popularity of distributed leadership: Professional participation or task allocation?	15
Effect of e-leadership on employees’ outcomes in the higher education sector during COVID-19 and beyond: A case study from Vietnam	14
Facilitating teachers’ interdisciplinary teaching through boundary spanning leadership	14
New managerialism in educational administration in Greece: The education directors’ perceived roles	13
Leading policy-aligned sport in high-pressure systems: Distributed–transformational leadership, programme quality and student outcomes in secondary schools	13
Rethinking knowledge production in educational leadership research: Impossibility, hybridity and epistemic inheritance	13
How instructional leaders promote social justice	13
School principals’ emotionally draining situations and student discipline issues in the context of work intensification	13
From leaking pipe to leadership: Career pathways of women academics in Pakistani higher education	13
“I’m trying to help”: How do mentors affect principals' person–organization fit during organizational socialization?	13
Post-migration ecology in educational leadership and policy for social justice: Welcoming refugee students in two distinct national contexts	12
Transformational leadership and teacher burnout in Türkiye: The moderated mediation role of organisational support, teacher resilience and teacher workload	12
Crisis-resilient school leadership and the role of job crafting: Insights from Finnish principals	12
Distributed leadership and micropolitics	11
The state of research on educational leadership in Mainland China: A systematic review of international literature	11
Addressing the gap in creative pedagogies among teachers through instructional leadership: A meta-analysis of countries in PISA 2022	11
From heroic leadership myth to street-level management: School principals’ experiences of sensemaking and creative insubordination under incomplete autonomy	11
School leadership models: Global interest in western perspectives	11
First-year teachers’ perspectives on the roles school leaders enact	11
Leadership in early childhood education: Cross-cultural case studies before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	11
Governing teacher well-being in international policy discourse: Problem representation, accountability, and the individualisation of care	11
Identifying and coping with the dilemmatic goals of university performance measurement systems in Finland	11
Leading reflective schools: Action research culture, teacher commitment and leadership for learning in Malaysia	10
Distributed leadership questionnaire – Greek adaptation: The validity and reliability study	10
Participative decision-making in the Arab educational system in Israel: The implications for teachers’ organizational commitment and school violence	10
Headteachers’ leadership practices in Ghana: Does a formal qualification in educational leadership and management programme matter?	10
Headteacher engagement with Pupil Equity Funding: Autonomy, evidence and networks	10
Predicting teacher voice behaviour: The influence of distributed leadership, psychological empowerment and power distance orientation in Kuwait	10
Is instructional leadership a retention factor? Cross-cultural examination of teacher turnover intentions in four selected Latin American countries	10
Professional development of school principals – how do experienced school leaders make sense of their professional learning?	9
Crisis leadership: Developing and validating a scale for school principals’ crisis management in Israel	9
Relational trust and principal well-being: Extending the job demands–resources framework in school leadership	9
Support for generative artificial intelligence as a predictor of middle leaders’ generative artificial intelligence self-efficacy, valuing, and integration in school leadership work	9
How do education collectives in China function? A critical analysis of relationship governance in a formal multischool collaboration	9
Principal's post-observation conversations in China: Exploring interpersonal effectiveness through a theory of action lens	9
Leadership for inclusive online learning in public primary schools during COVID-19: A multiple case study in Hong Kong	9

Tracking accelerated knowledge production in educational leadership and management: Trajectories, drivers, and impact in Asian research, 2000–2025	9
School leader well-being under pressure: Emotional and quantitative demands, resilience, and burnout in Australian schools	9
Protecting instructional time: Insights from Israeli principals	9
Shaping professional identities in turbulent times: Venezuelan female school leaders’ sensemaking of critical incidents	9
Who am I? – Exploring secondary education school leaders’ professional identity	9
Swedish principals’ adaptive leadership in unprecedented times: Learnings from the pandemic experiences	9
Basic education headteacher leadership in Ghana: A review of empirical studies from 1994 to 2022	9
Supporting teacher knowledge sharing in China: The effect of principal authentic leadership, teacher psychological empowerment and interactional justice	8
Are Turkish school principals ready to use artificial intelligence? Exploring the roles of growth mindset, self-efficacy and openness to change	8
Grow to lead: The case of Cyprus primary schools	8
Principal discipline decision-making: Choices and challenges	8
A bibliometric review of research on digital leadership, 1991–2025: Implications for digital leadership in education	8
Identity and socialisation of new school principals: Managing the transition	8
Moving beyond “management” of the status-quo: How leading scholars expand educational leadership and promote equity through political capital	8
What are we missing? An alternative way to explore distributed leadership effectiveness	8
How do Graduate Leaders in England discursively construct their leadership roles in early childhood education?	8
School leadership and student outcomes: What do we know?	8
Demystifying the impact of educational leadership on teachers’ subjective well-being: A bibliometric analysis and literature review	7
Principal well-being: Addressing leadership burnout and attrition	7
A global perspective on school leadership: Evidence from a latent class analysis on OECD TALIS data	7
School leadership in Israel amid COVID-19: A systematic review	7
‘It's like we’re in two different schools’: Contrasting stories of teacher and leader autonomy within a distributed approach to leadership	7
The mental health of leaders in Australian government schools: Stress and burnout over a decade (2011–2020)	7
Creating learning schools through learning-centered leadership: Understanding the mediating role of teacher performance	7
Transformational leadership and teacher work performance: Mediating effect of job autonomy and trust in school principal – insights from senior secondary school data in India	7
Bolman and Deal lens on school innovation: Navigating challenges and strategies for school leaders in Saudi Arabia	7
School middle leadership: Complementing solo and heroic leadership?	7
Investigating the leadership styles and national culture of Emirati female school principals	7
Social justice directed instructional leadership: Does it make a difference for teacher professional learning	7
Teacher leadership for professional development in a networked learning community: A Chinese case study	7
Integrative educational leadership: Foundations, core concepts and principles for practice	7
Defining the responsibilities of principals in promoting equity: Insights from the Israeli school system	7