Despite the shift toward indirect and integrated leadership perspectives, the principal retains a central role as the leader of leaders in the PIL knowledge base¶
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q2 i? The evolution toward indirect and integrated perspectives maintained the central role of the principal as the leader of leaders. → Gurr 2025
Evidence¶
Gurr 2025¶
Gurr, David; Karakose, Turgut; Tulubas, Tijen; Polat, Hakan. (2025). Reviewing the Intellectual Structure of the Knowledge Base on Principal Instructional Leadership: An Integrated Bibliometric and Thematic Analysis, 1941-2024. Review of Educational Research. https://doi.org/10.3102/00346543251403507
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Same SciMAT bibliometric and thematic analysis of the PIL field; the results state the evolution occurred "albeit maintaining the central role of the principal as the leader of leaders."
"The results showed that PIL, which was initially conceptualized as a top-down, directive leadership, evolved into a more indirect and integrated perspective of leadership, albeit maintaining the central role of the principal as the leader of leaders."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- The principal instructional leadership knowledge base evolved from a top-down, directive conception of leadership into a more indirect and integrated perspective between 1941 and 2024 — related
- Over 85 years, the PIL knowledge base shifted from principals as chief school administrators, to the roles of principals and teachers, to more integrated investigations — related
- Principal leadership, school orientation toward innovation, and teacher professional community promote professional development quality, with mutual reinforcement — related
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Despite the shift toward indirect and integrated leadership perspectives, the principal retains a central role as the leader of leaders in the PIL knowledge base |
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Despite the shift toward indirect and integrated leadership perspectives, the principal retains a central role as the leader of leaders in the PIL knowledge base |
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2025 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-20 |
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