TY - JOUR
T1 - Distributed Leadership
T2 - Friend or Foe?
AU - Harris, Alma
PY - 2013/9/3
Y1 - 2013/9/3
N2 - Distributed leadership is now widely known and variously enacted in schools and school systems. Distributed leadership implies a fundamental re-conceptualisation of leadership as practice and challenges conventional wisdom about the relationship between formal leadership and organisational performance. There has been much debate, speculation and discussion about its positive and negative aspects. This article considers the evidence. It examines the facts concerning distributed leadership. It does not claim to be a systematic review of the literature but rather draws upon the available empirical evidence to highlight what we know. The article considers the implications, arising from the evidence for those in formal leadership positions. It concludes by reflecting upon the role of the formal leader within distributed leadership and outlines some of the challenges and tensions associated with distributed leadership practice.
AB - Distributed leadership is now widely known and variously enacted in schools and school systems. Distributed leadership implies a fundamental re-conceptualisation of leadership as practice and challenges conventional wisdom about the relationship between formal leadership and organisational performance. There has been much debate, speculation and discussion about its positive and negative aspects. This article considers the evidence. It examines the facts concerning distributed leadership. It does not claim to be a systematic review of the literature but rather draws upon the available empirical evidence to highlight what we know. The article considers the implications, arising from the evidence for those in formal leadership positions. It concludes by reflecting upon the role of the formal leader within distributed leadership and outlines some of the challenges and tensions associated with distributed leadership practice.
KW - Organisational improvement
KW - leadership development
KW - leadership practice
KW - organisational change
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84883505532&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1741143213497635
DO - 10.1177/1741143213497635
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84883505532
SN - 1741-1432
VL - 41
SP - 545
EP - 554
JO - Educational Management Administration and Leadership
JF - Educational Management Administration and Leadership
IS - 5
ER -