Studies in Educational Leadership 21 Helene Ärlestig Christopher Day Olof Johansson Editors
A Decade of Research on School Principals Cases from 24 Countries
 

Contents
1 International School Principal Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Helene Ärlestig , Christopher Day , and Olof Johansson
Part I Social Democratic Welfare Countries
2 Denmark: Danish School Leadership Between
Welfare and Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Lejf Moos
3 Iceland: Research on Principals in Iceland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Börkur Hansen
4 Finland: Finnish Principal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Mika Risku and Seppo Pulkkinen
5 Norway: Researching Norwegian Principals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Jorunn Møller
6 Sweden: Swedish School Leadership Research –
An Important but Neglected Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Helene Ärlestig , Olof Johansson , and Elisabet Nihlfors
Part II Former East European Countries with a Fast
Transition to Democratic Societies
7 Estonia: School Leadership in Estonia 2001–2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Hasso Kukemelk and Jüri Ginter
8 Latvia: School Principals and Leadership
Research in Latvia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Dainuvite Bluma and Ineta Daiktere
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9 Poland: Contemporary Research on School Principals
and Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Joanna Madalińska-Michalak
Part III English Speaking Countries with
a Commonwealth Connection
10 Australia: The Principal as Leader – A Review
of Australian Principal Research, 2006–2013. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
David Gurr and Lawrie Drysdale
11 Canada: Principal Leadership in Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Katina Pollock and David Cameron Hauseman
12 England: School Leadership Research in England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Christopher Day and Paul Armstrong
13 New Zealand Principals: Autonomy at a Cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Cathy Wylie , Graeme Cosslett , and Jacky Burgon
14 Research on School Principals in the
United States (2003–2013) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Paul V. Bredeson
Part IV School Systems with a Clear National Administrative
and Control Structure
15 Austria: Overcoming a Bureaucratic Heritage as a Trigger
for Research on Leadership in Austria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Michael Schratz
16 China: Research on Chinese Principals and Their Work . . . . . . . . . . 331
Qian Haiyan , Allan Walker , and Zheng Yulian
17 France: Between Civil Service and Republican Ethics –
The Statist Vision of Leadership Among French Principals . . . . . . . . 357
Romuald Normand
18 Germany: The School Leadership Research Base in Germany . . . . . 375
Stephan Gerhard Huber
19 Israel: Research on School Principals in Israel,
Varied Topics and Limited Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Izhar Oplatka
20 Switzerland: The School Leadership Research
Base in Switzerland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Stephan Gerhard Huber
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Part V Countries with Challenges to Develop
Their School System
21 Brazil: Leadership in Brazil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Sandra R. H. Mariano , Fabiane Costa e Silva , and Joysi Moraes
22 India: School Leadership, India at the Crossroads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
Rc Saravanabhavan , Karanam Pushpanadham ,
and Sheila Saravanabhavan
23 Mexico: Research on Principals of Public Schools
in Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
Celina Torres-Arcadia , Ileana Ruiz-Cantisani ,
and José María García-Garduño
24 Saudi Arabia: School Leadership in Saudi Arabia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
Deena Khalil and Muna Karim
25 South Africa: Research on South African Public School
Principals, an Uncompromising Desire to Improve
the Quality of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521
Johan Beckmann and Keshni Bipath