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Journal articles
2017, 'School leadership and the cult of the guru: the neo-Taylorism of Hattie', School Leadership and Management, 37, pp. 413 - 426, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13632434.2017.1327428
,2017, 'A social epistemology for educational administration and leadership', Journal of Educational Administration and History, 49, pp. 196 - 214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2017.1315380
,2016, 'Advancing the Relational Research Program', Journal of Educational Administration and Foundations, 25, pp. 59 - 70, http://jeaf.ca/index.php/jeaf/article/view/68/31
,2016, 'Methodological Notes on the Study of Educational Leadership Relationally', Journal of Educational Administration and Foundations, 25, pp. 3 - 14, http://jeaf.ca/index.php/jeaf/article/view/63/27
,2016, 'Educational leadership, management and administration in Africa: an analysis of contemporary literature', School Leadership and Management, pp. 1 - 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13632434.2016.1247042
,2016, 'Bringing a ‘Local’ Voice to a ‘Universal’ Discourse: School Leadership Preparation and Development in Kenya', International Studies in Educational Administration, 44, pp. 25 - 39
,2016, 'Do principals need to be educators first?', Perspectives on Educational Leadership, 26, pp. 6 - 7
,2015, 'The principalship, autonomy, and after', Journal of Educational Administration and History, 47, pp. 414 - 431, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2015.996866
,2015, 'School leadership preparation and development in Kenya evaluating performance impact and return on leadership development investment', International Journal of Educational Management, 29, pp. 355 - 367, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJEM-10-2013-0158
,2015, 'School autonomy and student outcomes', Perspectives on Educational Leadership, 25, pp. 1 - 3
,2015, 'New Frontiers in Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Theory', Educational Philosophy and Theory, 47, pp. 307 - 311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2014.977530
,2015, 'Problematising the Intellectual Gaze of the Educational Administration Scholar', Educational Philosophy and Theory, 47, pp. 312 - 329, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2014.976926
,2015, 'The principalship, autonomy, and after', Journal of Educational Administration and History, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2015.996866
,2014, 'School leadership preparation and development in Africa: A critical insight', Educational Management Administration and Leadership, 42, pp. 919 - 934, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1741143214523013
,2014, 'The generative temporality of teaching under revision', Critical Studies in Education, 55, pp. 289 - 302, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17508487.2014.922488
,2014, 'Education policy, administration and theory: rethinking the institution as a firm', Journal of Educational Administration and Foundations, 24, pp. 58 - 66
,2014, 'The changing nature of Australian educational leadership research publications', Leading and Managing, 20, pp. 93 - 105
,2014, 'Beyond the hype of 'leadership'', Perspectives on Educational Leadership, 24, pp. 1 - 3
,2014, 'Managerial Rhetoric, Accountability, and School Leadership in Contemporary Australia', Leadership and Policy in Schools, 13, pp. 169 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15700763.2014.901395
,2013, 'The return on school leadership preparation and development programmes: A study on Australian university-based programmes', International Journal of Educational Management, 27, pp. 686 - 699, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJEM-08-2012-0089
,2013, 'The fallacy of ‘leadership’ data speaking for itself', Leadership and Policy Quarterly, 4, pp. 223 - 235
,2013, 'Outsiders within? Deconstructing the educational administration scholar', International Journal of Leadership in Education, 16, pp. 191 - 204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13603124.2012.750762
,2013, 'These disruptive times: Rethinking critical educational leadership', International Journal of Leadership in Education, 16, pp. 135 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13603124.2012.753320
,2013, 'Rethinking 'leadership' in education: A research agenda', Journal of Educational Administration and History, 45, pp. 113 - 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2013.768971
,2013, 'Towards a theory of school leadership practice: A Bourdieusian perspective', Journal of Educational Administration and History, 45, pp. 174 - 188, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2013.768966
,2013, 'Asking questions of leadership: using social theory for more than critique', Leading and Managing, 19, pp. 19 - 31
,2013, '"Leadership" and the social: Time, space and the epistemic', International Journal of Educational Management, 27, pp. 91 - 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09513541311289846
,2012, 'Book Review: Australian school leadership edited by Neil Cranston and Lisa Ehrich', The Australian Educational Researcher, 39, pp. 385 - 387
,2012, 'Australian educational leadership today', AUSTRALIAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHER, 39, pp. 385 - 387, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13384-012-0063-y
,2012, 'The learning needs of secondary school principals: An investigation in Nakuru district, Kenya', International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.5897/ijeaps11.073
,2012, 'Introducing undergraduate students to school leadership concepts', Journal of Educational Administration, 50, pp. 159 - 172, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09578231211210521
,2012, 'Exploring the leadership practice of school leaders: A pilot study', International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.5897/ijeaps12.005
,2011, 'Public intellectualism and educational leadership', Perspectives on Educational Leadership, 21, pp. 1 - 2
,2011, 'School-based planning: the trojan horse of the state', Leading and Managing, 17, pp. 75 - 83
,2011, 'Game changers', Education Review
,2011, 'Book Review: The pendulum swings by Bernard Barker', Journal of Educational Administration and History, 43, pp. 83 - 84
,2011, 'New look leaders or a new look at leadership?', Journal of European Industrial Training, 35, pp. 134 - 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09513541111107560
,2011, 'Leadership strategies: Re-conceptualising strategy for educational leadership', School Leadership and Management, 31, pp. 35 - 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13632434.2010.540559
,2011, 'New look leaders or a new look at leadership?', International Journal of Educational Management, 25, pp. 134 - 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09513541111107560
,2011, 'Preparing 'educational' leaders in managerialist times: An Australian story', Journal of Educational Administration and History, 43, pp. 43 - 59, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2010.532865
,2011, 'Erratum: Bourdieu's Strategies and the challenge for educational leadership (International Journal of Leadership in Education (2003) 6:4)', International Journal of Leadership in Education, 14, pp. 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13603124.2011.569433
,2011, 'The pendulum swings: transforming school reform', JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND HISTORY, 43, pp. 85 - 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2010.543020
,2010, 'Studying school leadership practice: A methodological discussion', Issues in Educational Research, 20, pp. 220 - 233
,2010, 'Tenure, functional track and strategic leadership', International Journal of Educational Management, 24, pp. 448 - 458, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09513541011056009
,2010, 'Challenging the orthodoxy of school leadership', Perspectives on Educational Leadership, 20, pp. 1 - 2
,2010, 'Bourdieu's strategies and the challenge for educational leadership', International Journal of Leadership in Education, 13, pp. 265 - 281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13603120903410587
,2010, 'Leading mathematics education reform: solving a complex equation', Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 12, pp. 84 - 97
,2010, 'Strategy as leadership: an alternative perspective to the construct of strategy', International Studies in Educational Administration, 38, pp. 55 - 64
,2010, 'Lacking a Shared Vision: Practitioners and the Literature on the Topic of Strategy', Journal of School Leadership, 20, pp. 425 - 444, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/105268461002000403
,2010, 'Tenure, functional track and strategic leadership', International Journal of Educational Management, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09513541080000454
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