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(Un)Critical times? Situating distributed leadership in the field

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ID10105907
AuthorsHoward Youngs (0000-0003-0599-8300, Moscow State University of Technologies and Management named after K.G. Razumovskiy, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume41
Issue4
Pages377-389
Publication date2009-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Educational Administration & History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0620 • E-ISSN: 1478-7431
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00220620903211588
OpenAlexW2035407316
LanguageEN
Citations received11

It is time to situate distributed leadership as a critical conceptualisation of school leadership; its popularisation has generally preceded conceptual and empirical development. Over the last 10 years distributed leadership has often been presented as a new construct of school leadership, though critique against education policy reforms and conceptual and historical links to the wider leadership field have generally been underemphasised. The theorisation and research of distributed leadership is currently situated at a critical point in its development; it is at the ‘crossroads’ of where it could dominantly be situated in the field of school leadership. A review of the literature and research suggests that distributed leadership is tending towards an uncritical position that is decoupled from critique of past and present education reforms and predominantly silent on how power relations at the local school level shape leadership activity

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Unique citing works11
Citations per year0,73
Citation span2011 - 2026 (16)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 10

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