This paper reports a phenomenographic study exploring diverse understandings and experiences of teacher leadership among 12 members the International Study Teacher Leadership research team comprised 20 academics located in 10 countries. Mind mapping semi-structured, online interviews were used to explore ways that participants related with phenomenon interest: ‘teacher leadership’. Phenomenogra...

This paper examines the factors that have enabled the Healthy Cities Noarlunga (HCN) initiative to be sustainable over 18 years (1987-2005). Sustainability related to the ability of the initiative to continue to operate continuously in a manner that indicated its existence was accorded value by the community and local service providers. The analysis is based on a narrative review of 29 document...

Leadership has always been an area of interest since time immemorial. Nevertheless, scientific theories regarding leadership started to appear only from the beginning of the 20th century. Modern theories of leadership such as strategic leadership theory emerged as early as the 1980s when outdated theories of behavioral contingency were questioned, resulting in the beginning of a shift in focus ...

BACKGROUND A number of program-level and counselor-level factors are known to impact the adoption of treatment innovations. While program leadership is considered a primary factor, the importance of leadership among clinical staff to innovation transfer is less known. Objectives included explore (1) the influence of two leadership roles, program director and individual counselor, on recent trai...

PURPOSE To identify the personal strengths of Canadian physical therapists who hold leadership positions and compare them with the strengths of Canadian physical therapists who do not occupy positions of leadership. METHODS A quantitative, cross-sectional online survey was distributed to registered Canadian physical therapists. We used the Clifton StrengthsFinder to evaluate 34 characteristic...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore how innovation capability can be enhanced by inclusive leadership. In particular, the focus on identifying key drivers work engagement and role leadership in boosting capability. Methodology/Approach: This research has a qualitative exploratory nature. fieldwork based an in-depth interview with CEO, field observations analysis relevant corporate ...

This article compares research identifying the systemic barriers to disability access and inclusion in two regional Australian cities, discusses some of leadership design challenges that will need be addressed by government industry embed universal principles within planning, development, redevelopment urban infrastructure. In Geelong, Victoria, given often-opaque decision-making dynamics at pl...

Educational leadership has been identified as an important predictor of quality inclusive education. Yet much remains to be learned about how early childhood teachers who work in kindergartens developing country contexts experience practices. This article uses teacher voice, framed dialogic interviews the method inquiry collect qualitative data from 15 three private Thailand. The focus was on t...