Leanne Gibbs

Biographic Data

ID6618705
NAMELeanne Gibbs
GIVEN NAMESLeanne
FAMILY NAMEGibbs
SIGNATUREGIBBS L
AFFILIATIONSCharles Sturt University
ORCID0000-0001-6461-6267
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • What makes a sustainable career in Australian universities: Advice for early career academics

    Open AccessLeanne Gibbs, Kathleen SmithersARTICLEJournal of Higher Education…2026

    Previous research on early career academics (ECAs) has explored time, networking and research development, but career sustainability has received less attention. This study used a qualitative survey method to examine what it means to thrive in the first 5 years of an academic career. The survey was open to all Australian university academics and 57 respondents represented diverse disciplines, localities and experience levels. This paper focuses o…

  • Exploring differences between the work of degree qualified early childhood teachers and non-degree qualified educators in Australian exemplary early childhood education and care settings

    Open AccessLeanne Gibbs, Sandie Wong et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2026

    This mixed-methods study examines differences in the work of degree-qualified early childhood teachers (ECTs) and other qualified educators in exemplary Australian early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings. Amid workforce shortages and mixed evidence about ECT impact, international policy continues to position ECTs as central to quality, yet research rarely distinguishes educators by qualification. Using the theory of practice architectu…

  • Leadership Practices That Enable and Constrain Retention in Early Childhood Education and Care Settings in Australia

    Open AccessSuzanne Garrett, Leanne GibbsARTICLEEducation Sciences2025

    Australia’s early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector is in crisis, with educator job tenure decreasing and workforce supply threatened. Despite worsening retention rates, many highly skilled educators remain and thrive within ECEC settings, ensuring strong relationships and positive outcomes for children. While research has uncovered the complex organisational factors contributing to workforce retention, the leadership’s influence on educ…

  • Cultivating Collaborative Practice to Sustain and Retain Early Childhood Educators

    Open AccessBelinda Downey, Leanne Gibbs et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2025

    The retention of educators is foundational to the provision of high-quality early childhood education and care (ECEC), yet the sector continues to face significant workforce challenges. This study explores how organisational climate and leadership influence collaborative practice and, in turn, educator retention. Using a constructivist grounded theory (CGT) approach, data were collected through focus groups and interviews with 34 educators across…

  • Leadership emergence and development: Organizations shaping leading in early childhood education

    Open AccessLeanne GibbsARTICLEEducational Management…2022

    Early childhood education (ECE) effects positive outcomes for children, but outcomes depend upon the quality of the program with which children engage. Program quality is positively influenced by effective leadership; yet we do not fully understand how effective leadership emerges and develops within ECE sites. This lack of knowledge potentially compromises the development of effective leadership and, subsequently, a child’s right to high-quality…

  • Inequality, social justice and the purpose of Early Childhood Education

    Open AccessFrank Pre, Mandy Cooke et al.ARTICLEDiskurs Kindheits- und…2021

    Early childhood education and care (ECEC) – as with education more generally – should be a central plank of a suite of social policies designed to support more socially just societies. However, universal access to ECEC in itself, will not redress inequalities. This paper draws upon reports from the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA), and data from three doctoral studies nested within the Australian Exemplary Early…

  • Innovative Methods for Researching Leadership Emergence

    Open AccessLeanne Gibbs, Frank Pre et al.ARTICLEQualitative Report2020References: 1

    There is a growing understanding, internationally, that effective leadership has an influence on the quality of early childhood education programs. The leadership research agenda has expanded accordingly but despite this expansion there is little empirical research on the emergence and development of leadership in early childhood education. The article focuses primarily on the methodological challenge of studying the phenomena of emerging and dev…