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Qian, Haiyan; Walker, Allan – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2021
Leadership is enacted through relationships. Relationships between leaders and followers entail building emotional connections. A successful leader facilitates and supports mutually beneficial relationships with teachers, students and other community members. They do this through displaying high levels of emotional competence, confidence and…
Descriptors: Teacher Administrator Relationship, Emotional Intelligence, Self Esteem, Empathy
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Li, Lijuan; Hallinger, Philip; Kennedy, Kerry John; Walker, Allan – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2017
This study tests mediated principal leadership effects on teacher professional learning through collegial trust, communication and collaboration in Hong Kong primary schools. It is based on a series of single mediator studies, and uses the same convenience sample of 970 teachers from 32 local primary schools. It also adopts regression-based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Leadership Responsibility, Faculty Development
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Li, Lijuan; Hallinger, Philip; Walker, Allan – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2016
This study attempted to identify effects of trust between principal leadership and teacher professional learning in Hong Kong primary schools. To verify the potential mediating effects of trust as a component of school capacity, survey data with a sample of 970 teachers from 32 local primary schools was used. Two questionnaires were combined to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Trust (Psychology), Instructional Leadership, Principals
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Walker, Allan; Qian, Haiyan – ECNU Review of Education, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to discuss some of the mysteries around the much-touted recent success of school education in China and to explore some of the key conditions that may underpin the success. Design/Approach/Methods: It is a conceptual paper. A wide range of available data and literature has been consulted and analyzed to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Values, Educational Change
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Walker, Allan; Stott, Kenneth – NASSP Bulletin, 1994
Districts planning to implement principal mentoring programs can increase their programs' chances of success by considering various issues, such as mentor selection, mentor/protege matches, essential hands-on experiences, and the value of reciprocation and time commitment. Successful mentoring depends on establishing trust, conveying expectations,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Expectation, Foreign Countries, Management Development
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Walker, Allan; Quong, Terry – Journal of School Leadership, 1996
Discusses a newly appointed education chief executive officer's efforts to influence his department's leadership culture. Guiding values to reshape leadership were fashioned on trust, respect, risk taking, openness, and flexibility. Findings indicate that actions from high-level educators can influence principals' leadership approaches. Changes…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Honesty, Influences, Leadership Responsibility