A systematic review of research into executive headship, 2001–2021

IF 2.7 2区 教育学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Educational Management Administration & Leadership Pub Date : 2021-10-27 DOI:10.1177/17411432211042880
A. Coleman
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While extensive understanding of headship has emerged over the last half-century, the notion of executive headship remains under-explored. This article summarizes a systematic review of evidence relating to executive headship published since 2001. This review found the overwhelming majority of peer-reviewed articles into executive headship are small-scale or largely theoretical in nature. Meanwhile, the few larger-scale studies completed have generally been published directly by their commissioning body. Consequently, much is known about the policy and philosophical drivers behind the emergence of this role in English schools, but markedly less on its operationalization in practice. Furthermore, while few attempts have been made to assess the prevalence of this role, there is nevertheless some evidence (albeit limited) that executive headship can positively impact on organizational effectiveness and pupil outcomes. This article recommends that further research be undertaken into understanding how the role is performed in practice, its strengths and limitations, implications for governance, the characteristics it demands of leaders in practice and the support they require. Furthermore, parallels between this and similar roles in other countries (such as superintendents in the US) should also be examined to identify further lessons on how executive headship can best be utilized both strategically and operationally.
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2001-2021年对行政领导研究的系统回顾
虽然在过去的半个世纪里,人们对领导力有了广泛的理解,但高管领导力的概念仍未得到充分探索。本文总结了自2001年以来发表的有关行政领导的证据的系统综述。这篇综述发现,绝大多数同行评议的关于高管职位的文章都是小规模的,或者基本上是理论性的。同时,少数已完成的大规模研究一般由委托机构直接发表。因此,人们对英语学校中这一角色出现背后的政策和哲学驱动因素了解甚多,但对其在实践中的运作却知之甚少。此外,虽然很少有人尝试评估这一角色的普遍性,但仍然有一些证据(尽管有限)表明行政领导可以对组织效率和学生成绩产生积极影响。本文建议进行进一步的研究,以了解这个角色在实践中是如何执行的,它的优势和局限性,对治理的影响,它在实践中要求领导者的特征以及他们需要的支持。此外,还应该研究这与其他国家类似角色(如美国的主管)之间的相似之处,以确定如何在战略和运营上最好地利用行政领导的进一步经验教训。
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