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Leading from the Chalk-face: An Overview
of School Leadership
Alma Harris, University of Warwick, UK
Abstract This article offers an overview of the school leadership literature by outlining
the main theoretical perspectives that currently dominate much of the writing
and research in this area. Its main purpose is to provide a commentary on the
dominant theoretical positions that characterize the contemporary leadership field
and to explore the empirical foundation of these different theoretical traditions. The
article does not claim to be the definitive word on school leadership; instead it aims
to provide an overview of the main theoretical perspectives on school leadership that,
firstly, have a theoretical and empirical base and, secondly, offer some insight into
the relationship between leadership practice and organizational change and
improvement.
Keywords change; organizational improvement; school leadership