International Journal of Educational Management
Journal Data
| Type | JOURNAL |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Emerald Publishing Limited (GB) |
| ISSN | 0951-354X / 1758-6518 |
| Scopus | 144741 |
| Wikidata | Q15764635 |
| OpenAlex | S196762031 |
| MAG | 196762031 |
| Website | http://info.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=ijem |
| Total publications | 615 |
| Coverage period | 1993 - 2026 |
| Country | GB |
| Language | EN |
| Indexing | Scopus indexed |
| Cited by | 14 |
| Impact factor | 1.119 |
| SJR | 0.707 (Q1) |
| SNIP | 1.186 |
| CiteScore | 6 |
| h-index | 2 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 0.0173 |
| Female authorship share | 41.5% |
This journal focuses on educational management, which is primarily concerned with administration and policy within educational institutions. This falls under broader social sciences like education and management, with only occasional anthropological content
Education · Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management · Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion · Communication in Education and Healthcare · Corporate Identity and Reputation · Customer Service Quality and Loyalty · Education and Technology Integration · Education Systems and Policy · Educational and Psychological Assessments
Artificial intelligence in school leadership: A multi-level framework for leadership capacity building
Purpose Drawing on a mapping of the existing literature, this study aims to develop a multi-level framework for school leadership capacity building in the era of AI, providing a foundation for professional development. Design/methodology/approach The study adopts a systematic mapping approach to review empirical and conceptual literature on AI in school leadership. The review process was informed by PRISMA-ScR guidelines to ensure transparency an…
Ambidextrous university: Designing and validating a model for balancing exploitation and exploration
Purpose This study aims to design and validate a balance-oriented ambidexterity model for Iranian public comprehensive universities, addressing the gap between exploitation of existing capacities and exploration of future opportunities in higher education. Design/methodology/approach A sequential exploratory mixed-methods design was employed. The qualitative phase involved 14 semi-structured interviews with experts in Iranian higher education, se…
Linking principal distributed leadership with teacher work performance: Investigating the mediating role of teacher collaboration
Purpose Although the empirical relationship between principal leadership and teacher performance has garnered extensive attention, there remains limited research on how distributed leadership impacts teacher performance. This study aimed to address this gap by exploring the relationship between distributed leadership and teacher work performance in Egyptian schools, with a focus on the mediating role of teacher collaboration. Design/methodology/a…
Servant leadership-lecturers’ work engagement relationship: The parallel and serial mediation of organizational identification and intention to stay
Purpose A lack of work engagement (WE) among university lecturers is believed to be among the factors responsible for the poor quality of research output and students' performance in Nigeria, which underscores the need to investigate factors that can help improve lecturers' WE. Drawing on conservation of resources (COR), this study aims to examine how servant leadership (SL) can help improve lecturers' WE via the parallel and serial mediating eff…
Extracurricular engagement and students' academic learning outcomes: The mediating role of student leadership and the moderating role of school leadership climate
Purpose This study examines the relationship between extracurricular engagement and academic learning outcomes among Bangladeshi secondary school students, emphasizing the mediating role of student leadership and the moderating effect of school leadership climate. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional quantitative survey was conducted with 384 secondary students in Khulna, Bangladesh. Stratified random sampling ensured proportional repres…
Adapting and validating the Distributed Leadership Readiness Scale for Malaysian schools: Evidence from content validity, face validity and qualitative feedback
Purpose This paper validates an adapted Distributed Leadership Readiness Scale (DLRS) for Malaysian secondary schools, addressing the lack of culturally grounded measures of distributed leadership in a centralised system. Design/methodology/approach A seven-step expert validation procedure was implemented, including conceptual and contextual review, forward–backward translation, and structured review by six experts in educational leadership and s…
Mature-age early-career academic identity formation during crises
Purpose Drawing on job demands-resources theory, this reflexive narrative explores the author's lived experiences during the longest COVID lockdown in the world (262 days) and how this shaped her identity as both an early-career academic (ECA) and a PhD candidate, across three universities and three states. Design/methodology/approach Narrative inquiry is effective in understanding lived experiences. Data include the author's notes and diaries fr…
Enhancing strategic communication for sustainable growth in private higher education: A multi-level analysis of talent, human values, external engagement and cultural diversity in Malaysia
Purpose Strategic communication has become a vital organisational competency for higher education institutions operating in increasingly competitive and diversified environments. In Malaysia's private higher education institutions (PHEIs), good internal communication is vital for sustaining institutional success, encouraging excellent employment and fostering inclusive organisational cultures. This study explores the influence of talent, human va…
Breaking through the ivory ceiling: Stories of early-career women academics navigating higher education's demands
Purpose Early-career women academics (ECWAs) in South Africa face distinct challenges in higher education, particularly across four key performance areas: teaching, research, community engagement and academic citizenship. While institutional transformation initiatives have increased women's representation in higher education institutions (HEIs), the unique experiences of ECWAs remain underexplored. This study aims to examine the societal and stru…
Internationalisation of Indian higher education: Challenges, opportunities and strategic pathways
Purpose The internationalisation of higher education is essential for global academic recognition and cross-cultural exchange. India, with its strong educational legacy, aspires to be a key global player but faces challenges in attracting international students despite initiatives like National Education Policy 2020 and Study in India. This study examines the barriers and strategic pathways to strengthening India's global higher education presenc…
School principals' and teachers' perspectives on school quality management in Islamic schools: Insights from Indonesia
Purpose This study investigates how teachers and principals in Indonesian madrasahs interpret and enact quality management within faith-based schooling environments. It examines their lived experiences, perceived challenges, and culturally grounded strategies for sustaining educational quality, while situating these practices within broader quality management and Islamic educational frameworks. Design/methodology/approach Guided by Interpretative…
Educational leadership, institutional capacity and student dropout: A systematic literature review
Purpose This study synthesises recent empirical evidence on how educational leadership theories and management practices shape institutional responses to students at risk of dropout. It reframes dropout as a leadership-mediated, system-level organisational challenge rather than an individual deficit, and advances an integrative framework connecting leadership orientations, institutional capacity, governance alignment and student risk domains. Des…
Educational leadership and teacher instructional practices: A meta-analytic comparison of leadership models
Purpose Against the growing number of studies over the past decade regarding the link between school leadership and teaching, the purpose of this meta-analysis was to investigate the strength of the relationship between different school leadership models and teacher instructional practices and to examine whether statistically significant differences exist among these leadership styles in terms of their impact on instructional practices. Design/me…
The last mile of distributed leadership: What happens when leadership reaches teacher leaders
Purpose This study examines the “last mile” of distributed leadership by investigating what happens when leadership reaches teacher leaders: whether it is further distributed to colleagues and students or instead retained and consolidated around teacher leaders' roles and influence. Design/methodology/approach An interpretive qualitative design was employed. Semi-structured online interviews were conducted with 21 K–12 teachers from five Arab cou…
The subordination of public schools to dual hierarchies: Challenges and opportunities
Purpose This study explores the tensions and opportunities that arise when public schools are subordinated to dual governance structures. It also analyses the coping strategies employed by school leaders to manage conflicts and optimize resource allocation within their institutions. Design/Methodology/Approach Data were collected through semi-structured interviews conducted with seven school principals, three heads of local education authority (L…
Is distributed leadership key to a just and collaborative school culture? A mediation analysis
Purpose Although theoretical approaches widely recognize that leadership can shape school culture, empirical research on how culture is associated with the emergence and functioning of distributed leadership and how this form of leadership contributes to organizational justice remains limited. However, in school contexts, cultural dynamics are directly associated with how leadership is experienced and how justice is perceived. By challenging prev…
The dual increasing-reducing effects of principals' digital instructional leadership on teacher burnout in online teaching mediated by teacher self-efficacy and collective efficacy
Purpose Digital instructional leadership is an emerging concept gaining importance in practice and research. As online education becomes mainstream and is expected to be increasingly integrated into instruction in the 21st century, it is essential to expand our understanding of how this leadership model influences teaching attitudes and experiences. The present study focused on the relationship between digital instructional leadership and teacher…
Principals’ participative leadership and teachers’ burnout and job satisfaction, before, during and after the Covid-19 pandemic: A trend study
Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic had a detrimental effect on educational systems around the world, transferring millions of students and teachers to remote learning overnight. Moreover, it affected the relationships of principals and teachers to their job routines. The current research aims to explore differences in the relationship of principals’ participative leadership to teachers’ job satisfaction and burnout before, during and after the COVID-1…
The influence of emotional intelligence dimensions on school leadership
Purpose This research aims to examine how the dimensions of emotional intelligence (EI) affect transformational leadership (TL) as well as the influence of TL on job performance and satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach We conducted descriptive quantitative research with primary data from a cross-sectional study. We applied an online survey with 220 teachers from basic education schools. The data were analyzed through structural equation mode…
Determinants of middle leaders' career aspirations: Principalship support, organisational arrangements and efficacy beliefs in Italy
Purpose This article engages with three sources of middle leaders' aspirations for school leadership: support from principals, organisational arrangements and perceptions of competencies and efficacy beliefs. Design/methodology/approach Formal leadership positions, related competencies and efficacy beliefs are investigated on the background of school arrangements in a low school autonomy system. Stepwise logistic regressive models have been used …
Innovative solutions to fashion’s biggest problems – the impact of artificial intelligence on solutions for Sustainable Development Goals 9 and 12. A case study from London College of Fashion
Purpose This study aims to explore the use of artificial intelligence in higher education, specifically looking at teaching and learning within seminars. We present a case study which explores the application of Generative AI tools within the fashion futures unit, an innovative unit that is part of BSc Fashion Management at London College of Fashion. Design/methodology/approach The research is a case study on fashion futures; the unit has four ne…
Generative artificial intelligence in higher education: Challenges, opportunities and future course of actions to achieve sustainable development goals
Purpose This study explores the challenges, opportunities and future course for the use of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) in higher education to attain the targets of the sustainable development goals (SDG4). Design/methodology/approach A phenomenological approach within the qualitative research tradition was adopted. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 11 purposefully selected university faculty members. A hybri…
Reimagining classroom dynamics: The impact of AI-teacher collaboration on student engagement in higher education
Purpose This study aims to explore the influential ability of artificial intelligence (AI)-teacher collaboration in higher education, examining its impact on academic performance and engagement of students. By leveraging AI, educators can deliver tailored learning experiences, enhance student participation and streamline administrative processes, addressing key limitations of traditional teaching methods. Design/methodology/approach A mixed-metho…
From perception to policy: Course coordinators’ views on generative artificial intelligence in higher education
Purpose As key figures in curriculum design and implementation, course coordinators operate at the intersection of institutional goals, the needs of students, institutional policy and classroom practice, balancing educators alike (Stark and Lattuca, 1997). Their perspective is especially valuable in understanding the broader implications of GenAI integration, as they are often responsible for shaping educational experiences and adapting course co…
Socialization and resocialization in STEM doctoral education: The role of PhD supervisors in shaping academic identity
Purpose This study examines the transformative role of PhD supervisors in shaping the academic identity of doctoral students in STEM fields, focusing on the processes of socialization and resocialization. This research provides insights into the mentorship practices that can enhance PhD students' academic trajectories and their integration into the academic community. Design/methodology/approach This study employs a qualitative research approach …
Developing alternative perspectives for quality in higher education
Suggests the quality in higher education (HE) debate is currently narrowly focussed, essentially around adapting industrial quality systems. Traditionally, the notion of academic freedom was seen as the requirement of excellence in education. In more recent times (pre 1990) measures of quality control were imposed on HE, but their adoption was superficial compared to industry. The post 1990 period saw the need for a considerable increase in the q…
Organizational change, leadership and learning: Culture as cognitive process
Examines the claim that we need to change the organization’s culture if we want to bring about organizational change. Concerns itself with the mainstream conception of (organizational) culture, especially in relation to what is called “the paradox of culture”, its twin tendencies towards stability and variability. In the process, the role of the leader and organizational learning are reassessed in their purported causal interrelation. Develops th…
Socially responsible leadership practices in university context: A Developing Nation Perspective
Purpose The purpose of the study is to determine the degree to which Uganda’s public universities feel obligated to adopt socially responsible leadership practices and, in turn, live up to the expectations of their stakeholders. A crucial component of higher education institutions is socially responsible leadership in universities. Design/methodology/approach A total of 22 leaders of Uganda’s public universities participated in semi-structured in…
Exploring integration aspects of school leadership in the context of digitalization and artificial intelligence
Purpose The rapid digitalization and emergence of AI tools are transforming school organizations. However, limited research exists on how school leaders integrate these technologies into their leadership practices. This study focuses on the experiences of school leaders in Cyprus, exploring the benefits and challenges of adopting digital and AI tools in their roles. The research seeks to enhance understanding of these topics as they relate to the…
Country branding through the internationalization of higher education: The case of Egypt
Purpose Drawing from the literature on internationalization, higher education marketing and place branding, this paper aims to link the internationalization of higher education to country branding. It explores the impact of internationalization within the higher education system on Egypt’s destination brand equity. This investigation offers insights for decision-makers in both the higher education and country branding sectors. Design/methodology/…
The journey from recall to knowledge: A study of two factors – structured doodling and note-taking on a student’s recall ability
Purpose The millennial students are disengaged in the current classrooms. Hence, there is a definite need to evaluate and compare the current learning tools. The purpose of this paper is to assess the effects of three learning tools – listening, structured doodling and note-taking – on recall ability of students in the classroom. The authors have specifically compared the effect of Andrade’s (2010) and Boggs et al. ’s (2017) structured doodling c…
Leadership style and teacher performance: Mediating role of occupational perception
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a model in which leadership styles (transformational or transactional leadership) directly and indirectly (through occupation perception) affect teacher performance (in-role performance and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB)). Design/methodology/approach The research hypothesis holds that the leadership style (transformational or transactional) has a direct and indirect effect on teacher perf…
A quantitative optimization framework for market-driven academic program portfolios
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a decision support model for optimizing the composition of portfolios of market-driven academic programs, primarily in schools offering market-driven academic programs. This model seeks to maximize financial performance during a desired planning time period while also achieving targets for other non-financial dimensions of the portfolio (e.g. mission alignment, student demographics and faculty chara…
Perspectives of teachers’ on the selection and the development of the school leaders in the United Arab Emirates
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine teachers’ perspectives on school leaders’ selection and development strategies in order to propose/recommend strategies that are relevant to the context of the United Arab Emirates. Design/methodology/approach The study gathered data through group discussion of school teachers who attended the module “leadership for school improvement” taught by the researchers. The teachers who participated in this…
An overview of strategic responses of Vietnamese higher education institutions
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the strategic management of Vietnamese higher education institutions. Design/methodology/approach The paper examined the external environment of the country’s education system based on the five forces framework by Michael Porter and inspected the strategies of universities and colleges. Findings It was concluded that lack of environmental analysis from both the government and higher education institu…
Multinational corporations and sustainable development goals: Examining Etisalat Telecommunication intervention in Nigeria’s basic education
Purpose There are over 263m out-of-school children in the world, and Nigeria is not an exception to the problem facing basic education. Education provides the necessary skills and knowledge needed by people in other to live a better life. The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of multinational corporations (MNC) towards basic education development in Nigeria using Etisalat Telecommunication as a case study. Design/methodology/approach A…
The role of administration and faculty in developing character education within public and private universities in Kuwait
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of administration and faculty members in developing character education within public and private universities in Kuwait. It further aims to explore the value of character education in effecting the quality experience of higher education. Design/methodology/approach The researchers employed a quantitative research paradigm, using a questionnaire survey method to collect data from faculty me…
School governing body for parents' productive involvement in South Africa
Purpose The democratic constitution that came into effect in 1994 and ushered in the new South Africa recognises parents' role in education hence the established of an innovative school governance structure of which parents are in the majority. Before then, there existed parents–teachers association in schools. Its members were handpicked and therefore undemocratic and ineffective. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the innovation in…
A thematic analysis of the quality audit reports in developing a framework for assessing the achievement of the graduate attributes
Purpose Graduates are expected to possess the knowledge and right skillset, commonly known as graduate attributes, which they need to become employable and work-ready. This study describes the approaches that were employed by an academic institution in developing an assessment framework for measuring the student achievement of the graduate attributes and learning outcomes. Design/methodology/approach It used thematic analysis in analyzing the 43 …
Factors to improve job performance and school effectiveness
Purpose Identify some of the most relevant factors that trigger a private school's workforce to foster a sustainable competitive advantage by reinforcing the intrinsic job satisfaction and the levels of teacher self-efficacy, engagement and job performance. Design/methodology/approach Surveys were applied to private school teachers to assess their perception concerning the studied variables, data were tested at a confirmatory level using the part…
Organizational learning in consciousness-based education schools: A multiple-case study
Purpose An innovative technology called consciousness-based education (CBE) is being introduced in schools worldwide. The approach includes both an experiential and an intellectual component. However, research studies exploring learning in CBE are rare. The purpose of the paper is to explore how organizational learning takes place in schools, which adopt CBE in addition to their ordinary curriculum. Moreover, the ambition of the approach regardin…
Exploring role of gratitude in developing teacher leadership in Indian universities
Purpose The benefits of teacher leadership have attracted the attention of policymakers, practitioners and researchers. It is increasingly advocated as one of the most crucial and indispensable components of the school, college and university administration. The present study tends to investigate the role of gratitude in developing teacher leadership through examining sufficiency and necessity of thankfulness for educational leadership. Design/me…
Domains of decision-making and forms of capital among men and women teachers
Purpose Viewing school as a feminine bias workplace alongside being a field of power relations as argued by Bourdieu, this study examines (1) gender differences among teachers in different forms of capital (cultural, social, and feminine) and in their participation in decision-making (PDM) at school in three domains: managerial, administration, and teaching; (2) the relations between forms of capital and domains of PDM within each gender group. D…
Directors' stress in day care centers: Related factors and coping strategies
Purpose This study aims to explore what causes stress to day care center directors and what their coping strategies are. In addition, the study examined the extent to which directors experience work-related stress and burnout, and the factors associated with their work-related stress, engagement and recovery from work. Design/methodology/approach A mixed method approach was used. Findings The results showed that the main sources of directors' str…
Developing customer satisfaction index in Iranian public higher education
Purpose The present study seeks to design an index model of satisfaction among Iranian students who are studying at public universities in this country. Design/methodology/approach In this research, data were collected in two stages: in the first stage, the data related to satisfaction indices were collected from 62 experts on pedagogical science and marketing management. In the second step, the data were collected from 1,404 students and were an…
Impact of the application of ISO 9001 standards on the climate and satisfaction of the members of a school
Purpose Recently, the application of quality management systems (QMS) in educational institutions has become widespread, in an effort to improve diverse processes and results in schools. However, there are very few studies that enable us to confirm whether these QMS bring true changes that are sustainable over time and lead to improvements in these institutions. Design/methodology/approach This study thus aims to assess the impact of the implemen…
Institutional adoption of blended learning on a budget
Purpose This research paper aims to explore blended learning implementation in universities that are on a low budget, essentially determining the more important steps to invest during the initial stage of implementation and investing in costly IT infrastructure or training faculty for student-centred learning and relevant pedagogies. Design/methodology/approach A survey of 254 students at the University of Jordan (UJ) has been administered. Stude…
The student as customer and quality in higher education
Purpose This paper explores some management concepts and how applying these concepts from business to higher education can be problematic, let alone incompatible, particularly in relation to measuring quality in higher education. Design/methodology/approach It provides a conceptual understanding of the literature on quality in the higher education context. It does so by examining the literature on students as customers, customer expectations, cus…
‘Readiness to lead’: A tentative tool for analysis
Purpose This paper reports on research into Australian school principals' leadership. It explores an emerging construct – that of ‘readiness to lead’ – and showcases the development of a tentative tool for determining school principals' readiness to lead. Design/methodology/approach Seven principals from Australian and International Schools were interviewed about their leadership strategies, intentions and expectations for impending school reform…
Proposing a new model for long-term learning among mid-level school leaders: Toward enhancing organizational learning via simulation training
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a new theory promoting long-term learning among mid-level leaders in schools via simulation training. Design/methodology/approach The proposed model is derived from the socioecological model, a model that takes into account the multifaceted effects of different disciplines. The proposed interdisciplinary model may be assimilated by considering the ethical-social context of mid-level leaders undergoi…
Creativity potential management in a higher education context
Purpose Considering the urgency of creativity development in the higher education system, this article justifies an effective model of creativity management for students and teachers at universities. The model is based on an empirical assessment of the difference between the creativity potential and its actual level. The data was taken from the managing factors playing an important role in the development of creative potential. The study was carr…
Reusable learning objects: A blended learning tool in teaching computer-aided design to engineering undergraduates
Purpose Blended learning is an emerging trend across many educational settings, adopting the purposeful integration of traditional face-to-face and online teaching to establishing an engaging learning experience for the students. Blended learning provides an ideal platform for the implementation of reusable learning objects (RLOs) as a pedagogical tool to support classroom instruction. Design/methodology/approach This study had conducted a quasi-…
What shapes students' perceptions of group work: Personality or past experience
Purpose Group work (GW) as a collaborative learning method for university students is a much-researched topic in the literature. However, a fairly neglected area is that of students' perceptions of the same. This study purports to bridge this gap in the extant literature via identifying the determinants of these perceptions. Design/methodology/approach Using primary data gathered from a sample of 443 university students, the study applies the str…
Exploring the relationship between Australian university websites and international student enrolments
Purpose This paper focuses on exploring the relationship between Australian university websites and international student enrolments. Few studies have investigated this relationship and, as such, this research addresses some of the existing knowledge gaps. Design/methodology/approach A mono-method qualitative methodology was adopted for this study. Primary data collection was through the website content of selected Australian universities. Six Au…
School leadership capacity-building: Developing country successful case studies
Purpose Systems educational reform in developing countries through effective principal capacity- building programs is essential for improving student learning, with the purpose of this paper being to use case studies to identify key success factors in the implementation of an instructional leadership program in the developing country of Kiribati. Design/methodology/approach A case study approach involving mixed methods including semi-structured i…