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Direct linkAdrian Jarvis – Management in Education, 2024
Both 'collegiality' and 'distributed leadership' have, as terms, occasioned a good deal of debate. Conceptually elastic, they are often used interchangeably, or not appreciated as embodying a range of leadership styles and relationships. Spurred by an unanswered query from a research project, this theoretical article attempts to clarify what the…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Power Structure, Participative Decision Making, Leadership Styles
Hawkes, Denise; Johansson, Carol; McSweeney, Catherine – Management in Education, 2017
Studies of the interaction between professional and academic staff in leadership in higher education institutions have focused on distributed leadership. Whilst such studies have considered the leadership of the whole university, aspects of this model also apply to the relationship between programme leaders and administrators. This paper aims to…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Doctoral Programs, Leadership Responsibility, Models
Woods, Philip A. – Management in Education, 2016
A much greater understanding is needed of power in the practice of distributed leadership. This article explores how the concept of social authority might be helpful in achieving this. It suggests that the practice of distributed leadership is characterized by multiple authorities which are constructed in the interactions between people. Rather…
Descriptors: Participative Decision Making, Transformational Leadership, Power Structure, Administrative Organization
Harris, Alma; Spillane, James – Management in Education, 2008
Distributed leadership is an idea that is growing in popularity. There is widespread interest in the notion of distributing leadership although interpretations of the term vary. A distributed leadership perspective recognises that there are multiple leaders and that leadership activities are widely shared within and between organisations. A…
Descriptors: Instructional Improvement, Instructional Leadership, Participative Decision Making, Power Structure
Woods, Philip A. – Management in Education, 2007
Notions of distributed leadership and professional learning communities are bedfellows in the drive to school improvement. However, these ideas of sharing leadership and mutual learning as a community are not introduced and developed in a neutral context. Power relationships, priorities and purposes are constructed in certain ways within the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Leadership, Power Structure, Participative Decision Making
Arrowsmith, Trevor – Management in Education, 2007
Distributed leadership (DL) is an emerging form of power distribution in schools which extends authority and influence to groups or individuals in a way which is at least partly contrary to hierarchical arrangements. In this article, the author presents the findings of his study that aimed to answer two questions: (1) What do headteachers do to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, Instructional Leadership, Principals
