The Oxford Encyclopedia of Educational Administration

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Educational Administration is a first-of-its-kind transnational survey of the field of educational administration and leadership. The Encyclopedia's 125+ overview articles, written and reviewed by recognized scholars from around the world, are intended for professors, practitioners, and university-level readers, including advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers in education and adjacent fields. The articles provide a critical examination of the history, progress, direction, and debates about perspectives in a given topic, surveying developments and tensions, and discussing important contributors and contributions. Authors were sought to cover the breadth of schools/universities and leadership practices at both the micro and macro levels, from theories of administration, management, and leadership to practices in specific contexts. The Encyclopedia provides a wide breadth of concepts and themes in the hopes of serving the complex world of practitioners and research scholars with courage, curiosity, and imagination.

Dr. Rosemary Papa is the Founder of Educational Leaders Without Borders; The Comparative and International Professor of Education and Leadership, Soka University of America (Fall, 2017-present); and has served as The Del and Jewel Lewis Endowed Chair in Educational Leadership at Northern Arizona University from the fall of 2007 to 2018. She has also served as a Principal/Chief School Administrator for two districts in Nebraska, a system-level Assistant Vice Chancellor in the California State University System, Vice President for Sylvan Learning, Professor, and Faculty Director of a University-based Center for Teaching and Learning in California. In 2015, she was the recipient of the AERA 2015 Willystine Goodsell Award (Women in Education SIG) and gave the keynote address at AERA 2016, Washington, D.C. for her research on women and girls. In 2012, she was the recipient of the Arizona School Administrators Outstanding Higher Education Administrator of the Year Award.

Dr. Papa has published 25+ books in the areas of leadership, educational policy, social justice, sustainability, school effectiveness, and technology for school leaders and teachers and faculty in higher education. In addition to the Encyclopedia, she has two major edited collections with Springer: Handbook on Promoting Social Justice in Education (2020) and School Violence in International Contexts - Perspectives from Educational Leaders Without Borders (2019). Dr. Papa has also published more than 80 articles in refereed academic journals.

Articles in the encyclopedia are organized alphabetically. Articles in this outline are arranged under the following headings:

Development of Leader Skills
Leadership and Cultural Proficiency
Sustaining and Sustainable Leadership
Global Leadership and Secular Democracy


Development of Leader Skills
A Cross-National Study of Ethical School Culture
An Emerging Framework for Inclusive Educational Leadership
Charisma and Charismatic Leadership
Cognitive Science and Educational Administration
Comparison in Qualitative Research
Contextual Leadership and Culture in Education
Criticality in the Field of Educational Administration
Democratic Leadership
Designing Research for Meaningful Results In Educational Leadership
Distributed Leadership
Dynamics of Decision Making
Educational Administration and Leadership in China
Educational Leadership and Self Determination Theory in Collectivist Cultures
Educational Leadership as Practice
Enabling School Structure
Ethical Decision Making in Schools
Globally Minded Leaders
Hope Interventions for the Promotion of Well-Being Throughout the Life Cycle
Leadership and Supervision
Leadership and Teacher Education in Oman
Leadership Practices and Managerial Accountability in Italy
Leading Through Conflict With Credibility
Managing Leadership Dilemmas
Mentoring across Teacher Career Stages
Mentoring Epistemologies Beyond Western Modalities
Micropolitics in School Leadership
Mindfulness and School Leadership
Mindfulness Matters in Leadership
Moral Dimensions of Leadership
Optimism, Pessimism, and Realism in Educational Leadership
Peer Effects in Education
Place-based Leadership
Practicing Care and Compassion
Preparation Programs for School Leaders
Profiles of Maladministration in Higher Education
Research Methodology in Educational Leadership and Management
Technology Proficiency in Teaching and Facilitating
The Knowledge Base in the Field of Educational Administration and New Field Members
Theories of Educational Leadership
Transformational Leadership and Change in Education
Transformative Leadership
Values-Based Leadership and the Quest for Inclusive Organizational Practices

Leadership and Cultural Proficiency
Academic Optimism
Aesthetics of Leadership
Collective Efficacy and Teacher Collective Efficacy
Contingency and Situational Approaches to Educational Leadership
Cross Cultural Exploration of School Leadership
Culturally Proficient Leadership
Diversity and Multiculturalism
Educational Administration in the Middle East
Educational Change
Educational Innovation in Higher Education
Educational Leadership, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Swedish School
Family Engagement and Educational Leadership
Feminist Frameworks for Educational Leadership in the United States
History of Educational Administration in the United Kingdom
Indigenous Education and Leadership Challenges
Issues in Cultural and Cross-Cultural Analysis in Education
Leadership Effect in Social Justice
Leadership for School Desegregation
Online Learning
Organizational Citizenship Behavior in Educational Institutions
Organizational Theory and Culture in Education
Organizational Trust in Schools
Poststructuralism and Educational Leadership and Administration
Professional Socialization in Schools
Reinforcing Administrator Cultural Consciousness During the Social Media Revolution
Relational Approaches to Educational Administration Research
School Accountability
School Climate and Academic Performance
School Climate and Its Impact on School Development in Nigeria
School Culture and Educational Leadership
Social Justice Leadership, Equity, and the Digital Divide
Social Media and School Leadership Efficiency
STEM Education, Economic Productivity, and Social Justice
Teacher Equity and Cultural Implications for Educational Administration
Teacher Evaluation
Teacher-Principal Trust
The Impact of Black Women Leaders on Student Achievement
The Role of School Administrators in the Induction and Mentoring of Early Career Teachers
Trust in Principals
Understanding Adult Pedagogy and Technology Use

Sustaining and Sustainable Leadership
Action Research
Action Research as Continuous Professional Development in Southeast Asia
Classroom Management and Teacher Effectiveness
Climate Change and Social Resilience
Coaching Young Academics in Malaysia
Decolonization of Environmental Education from the Perspective of Southern Environmental Thinking
Earth Education
Educational Leadership and Job Satisfaction
Educational Management
Environmental Education in Brazil and the Influence of Paulo Freire
Environmental Education Teacher Training
Garden-Based Education
Land Education
Linking Responsible Leadership and Sustainability Challenges
Marginalized Knowledges
Parties in Privatizing American Public Education
Questioning Nature and Environmental Ethics in Schools
School Boards and Their Role in the Governance of Education
School Networks
Sustainability in Technical and Vocational Education
Sustainable Development Integration in Higher Education
Sustaining and Sustainable Superintendent Leadership
Teacher Commitment to Teaching
The Preservation of Museums and Archaeological Sites
Water Conservation in Schools


Global Leadership and Secular Democracy
Accountability of Assessment Administration
Administrative Efficiency and E-government in the Greek Educational Sector
Challenges to Educational Leadership and Equity in M?xico
Developing and Supporting Educational Leaders for Successful Community Partnerships
Development of Cross-School Professional Learning Communities
Educational Leaders Without Borders
Global Research on Principal Leadership
Hierarchical Organizational Structure and Leadership
Marketization and Educational Institutions
Politics, Power, and Social Hegemony
Primary School Teacher Union Participation in Greece
Professional Political and Contextual Considerations of Policy Borrowing
Professional Standards for Educational Leadership
Reforms of Staffing in Primary and Secondary Education in Greece
School Boards
School Choice and Educational Pluralism
School Leadership Challenges in Canada
School Leadership Preparation and Development in England
Selection Methods and Professional Development of School Leaders in Greece
The Impact of the Neoliberal Revolution on Society and Public Education
The Politics of Anti-Immigration Discourse and Opportunities for Educational Leadership
Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and School Leadership in Action