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Download Leadership for learning: Does collaborative leadership make a difference in school improvement?. Hallinger & Heck, (Accepted for publication in 2009). Educational Management, Administration and Leadership. Download

Download Distributed leadership in schools: What makes a difference? (2009). Hallinger and Heck, In A. Harris (Ed.), Distributed leadership: Different perspectives. Download

Download Assessing the Contribution of Distributed Leadership to School Improvement and Growth in Math Achievement. (2009). Heck and Hallinger, (Accepted for publication in 2009). American Educational research Journal. Download

Download Testing a Longitudinal Model of Distributed Leadership Effects on School Improvement. (2009). Heck & Hallinger, (Accepted for publication, 2009). The Leadership Quarterly. Download

Download Methodologies for Studying School Leadership: A Review of 25 years of Research Using the Principal Instructional Management Rating Scale. (2008), Paper presented at AERA Conference. Download

Download Instructional Leadership and the School Principal: A Passing Fancy that Refuses to Fade Away. Hallinger (2005) Leadership and Policy in Schools. Download

Download Integrating Learning Technologies and Problem-based Learning: A Framework and Case Study. Hallinger (2005). Paper presented at Asia Pacific Conference on Problem-based Learning. Download

Download Leading Educational Change: Reflections on the practice of instructional and transformational leadership. Hallinger (2003), Cambridge Journal of Education. Download

Download What Do You Call People with Visions? The Role of Vision, Mission and Goals in School Leadership and Improvement. Hallinger and Heck. (2002). International Handbook of Research in Educational Leadership and Administration. Download

Download Learning to Lead Global Changes in Local Cultures: Designing a Computer-based Simulation for Thai School Leaders. Hallinger & Kantamara (2001), Journal of Educational Administration. Download

Download Exploring the Cultural Context of School Improvement in Thailand. Hallinger & Kantamara. (2001). School Effectiveness and School Improvement. Download

Download The Challenge of Educational Reform in Thailand: Jing Jai, Jing Jung, Nae Norn. Hallinger et al. (2000). In T. Townsend and Y.C. Cheng (Eds.), Educational change and development in the Asia-Pacific region: Challenges for the future. Download

Download Leading educational Change in Thailand: Opening a Window onto Leadership as a Cultural Process. Hallinger & Kantamara (2000), School Leadership and Management. Download

Download Unseen Forces: The Impact of Social Culture on School Leadership. Hallinger & Leithwood (1998), Peabody Journal of Education. Download

Download School Context, Principal Leadership, and Student Reading Achievement. Hallinger, Bickman, & Davis (1996), Educational Administration Quarterly. Download

Download The Principal’s Role in School Effectiveness: An Assessment of Methodological Progress, 1980-1995. Hallinger (1996). In International handbook of research in educational leadership and administration. Download

Download Reassessing the Principal’s Contribution to School Effectiveness: 1980-1995. Hallinger & Heck (1996), Educational Administration Quarterly. Download

Download Exploring the Principal’s Contribution to School Effectiveness: 1980-1995. Hallinger, Philip; Heck, Ronald H.. (1998). School Effectiveness & School Improvement, 9 (2), p157-202. Download

Download Assessing the Instructional Leadership of Secondary School Principals in Thailand. Hallinger, Taraseina & Miller, (1994). School Effectiveness and School Improvement. Download

Download Assessing and developing the instructional leader5ship of school principals Hallinger & Murphy (1987), Educational Leadership. Download

Download The Social Context of Effective Schools. Hallinger & Murphy (1986), American Journal of Education. Download

References

Click to download: List of PIMRS Studies 1983-2015     Updated: November 17, 2015

Updated List of PIMRS Studies (November 2015). This file includes references for 325 studies that have used the PIMRS instrument in master theses, doctoral dissertations, conference papers and journal articles. Many of these are included in the zip folders available to PIMRS users, which are updated twice a year.

Adams, D. (2002). A multiple-site case study of instructional leadership in low-performing, high improvement high schools. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Azusa Pacific University.

Adkins, D. (1990). The Relationship between visionary Leadership and instructional leadership behavior of secondary school principals: regression analysis and hermeneutic interpretation. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of West Virginia. ERIC Document No. 9121851.

Anderson, C. (2000). The importance of instructional leadership behaviors as perceived by middle school teachers, middle school principals, and educational leadership professors. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Georgia.

Anderson, J. (2006). An analysis of the relationship of high school principals’ perceived instructional leadership management behaviors to school size and to student achievement. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Texas A & M University – Commerce.

Apolonia, C. (1998). Relationship of the instructional leadership behavior of administrators and morale as perceived by teachers in Philippine Cultural High School, Caloocan Campus, School Year 1997-1998. Unpublished Masters Theses, Ateneo de Maila U., Manila, Philippines.

Augustine, L. (1998). Principal learners: An examination of a self-designed, foundation-funded learning experience for principals as a model of professional development. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Columbia University, Teachers College, Columbia University, NY. ERIC Document No. 9909406.

Babcock, C. (1991).  Perceived instructional leadership behavior: Gender differences, female principals, male principals. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Western Michigan University. ERIC Document No. 9211826.

Balsamo, M. (2004). Assessing principal practices in a standards-based environment and examining the association between principal practices and student achievement. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.

Benoit, J.  (1990). Relationships between principal and teacher perceptions of principal instructional management and student achievement in selected Texas school districts with an emphasis on an index of effectiveness.  Unpublished doctoral dissertation, New Mexico State University. ERIC Document No. 9121529.

Bravo, B.  (1991).A Study of the perceived characteristics for effective leadership of monolingual and bilingual supervisors of special education  programs. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY.

Brown, J.  (1991). Leader behavior and school effectiveness. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Texas, Austin, TX.

Brown, R. (1991).  Critical attributes of  instructional Leadership in nationally recognized secondary-level blue ribbon schools.  Unpublished doctoral dissertation, East Texas State University. ERIC Document No. 9202160.

Burwell, G. (1988). Elementary Teachers’ Perceptions of Effective Principal Behaviors. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Akron, Akron OH.

Buzek, E. (2004). The relationship between instructional leadership behaviors of middle school principals in Texas and student achievement. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Houston, Houston, TX.

Campbell, D.C. (1999). The principal’s role in changing school culture and implementing Title I reform. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, South Carolina State University.

Cantu, M. (1994). A study of principal instructional leadership behaviors manifested in successful and non-successful urban elementary schools. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Texas, Austin. ERIC Document No. 9428472.

Chan, Y.C.  (1992). A study of principals’ instructional leadership in Hong Kong secondary schools. Unpublished masters thesis, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Chi, Li-Chiu. (1997). Principal and teacher perceptions of instructional management behavior in Taiwan, Republic of China. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of South Dakota, Bismarck, S.D.

Collins, F. (1998). An investigation of perceived differences in instructional leadership and school climate of African American and Caucasian female principals in Ohio’s urban public schools. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green University, KY.

Coltharp, G. (1989).  The relationship between leadership behaviors and instructional leader effectiveness of building level administrators. Unpublished doctoral dissertation,  Kansas State University, KS. ERIC Document No. 8924312.

Corkill, R. (1994). Instructional  leadership behaviors perceived as important by teachers and principals for academic achievement in selected South Texas Elementary Schools. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Texas A&M  University. ERIC Document No. 9506581.

Courtney, M.  (1987). The Relationship Between the Perceived Degree of Instructional Leadership and Principal Management Style and Teacher Stress. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Teacher’s College, Columbia University, New York, NY.

Cunningham, J. (2004). The effect of gender-role identity of female principals on in Texas on teacher perceptions of instructional leadership behaviors. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, TX.

Davies, R. (1994). From cross-sectional to longitudinal analysis. In A. Dale & R. Davies (Eds.), Analyzing social and political change: A casebook of methods. Albany: SUNY Press.

Delano, K. (1985).  An analysis of ratings by teachers of elementary school principals with different classroom teaching experiences. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Auburn University. ERIC Document No. 8604734.

Dickerson, D.  (1999).  Teachers’ perceptions of the role of the principal as instructional leader in the context of school reform in Northwest Georgia secondary schools. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Alabama.

Dilworth, R. (1987).  A Study of the Relationship Between Student Achievement and the Variables of Teacher-Perceived Instructional Leadership Behaviors of Principals and Teacher Attendance. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Southern Mississippi.

Duryea, M. (1988).  The relationship between perceived principal instructional leadership behavior and locus of control. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Houston, Houston, TX. ERIC Document No. 8908543.

Ebel, R. (1951). Estimation of the reliability of ratings. Psychometrika, 16, 407-424.

Edwards, C. (2006). An analysis of the relationship of superintendent instructional leadership behaviors and district performance outcomes. College of Graduate Studies, Tarleton State University, Stephensville, TX.

Freshour, D. (1990). Emphasis on and training for instructional leadership among secondary administrators in Northern Rocky Mountain States. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Montana. ERIC Document No. 9029107.

Gallon, S.  (1998).  A study of teachers’ perceptions of the principal as an instructional leader: A comparative analysis of elementary, middle and senior high school principals. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Florida International University, Miami, FL.

Garcia. L. (1999).  Principal instructional leadership in majority-minority secondary schools. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Texas, Austin, TX.

Geiselmann, S. (2004). Predicting elementary school student achievement: The impact of principal gender and principal leadership skills. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Louisville, Lousville, KY.

Gerrell, N.S. (2005). The relationship between principals’ instructional leadership skills and the academic achievement of high-poverty students. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Union University.

Gibson, C. (2005). A comparison of self-reported instructional leadership management behaviors of elementary principals of high-performing and low-performing schools in Texas. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Houston, Houston, TX.

Grier, D.  (1988).  Instructional leadership behaviors and their impact on selected TELS exemplary elementary  schools. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

Griffin, M.  (1993).  Instructional leadership behaviors of catholic secondary school principals. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. ERIC Document No.  9327348.

Groff, M. (2002). Elementary instructional leadership: Factors that affect performance. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Saint Louis University.

Haack, M.. (1991).  An investigation of the instructional management behaviors of principals in Mid-sized public high schools in Iowa. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Northern Iowa. ERIC Document No. 9217238.

Haasl, W. (1989).  Multiple perspectives of role definition of small school principals and their influence on effective instructional management. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. ERIC Document No. 9010261.

Hallinger, P.  (1983).  Assessing the instructional management behavior of principals. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. ERIC Document No. 8320806.

Hallinger, P.  (1982, 1983, 1990).  Principal instructional management rating scale. Version 2.3.  Sarasota, FL: Leading Development Associates.

Hallinger, P., & Murphy, J.  (1985).  Assessing the instructional leadership behavior of principals.  Elementary School Journal, 86(2), 217-248.

Harris, (2002). The relationship between principals’ instructional leadership skills and the academicachievement of high-poverty students. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of South Carolina.

Hart, J. (2006). A cross-cultural study of principals’ leadership behaviors according to teachers’ perceptions. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.

Howe, W.  (1995).  Instructional leadership in catholic elementary schools: an analysis of personal organizational, and environmental correlates. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. ERIC Document No. 9611976.

Howell, V.  (1989).  Analyses by gender and by school enrollment, ratings of elementary school principals’ instructional leadership behaviors. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Tennessee State University, Knoxville, TN.

Hunter, C. (1994). Los Angeles Unified School District Middle School principals’ instructional leadership behaviors and academic achievement. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Peppardine University, Los Angeles, CA. ERIC Document No. 9511556.

Johnson, A. (2005). The relationship between leadership behaviors of principals from various school contexts and student achievement. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Argosy University-Chicago/Schaumburg, IL.

Johnson, D. (2006). Instructional leadership and academic performance in Tennessee high schools. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.

Jones, P.  (1987).   The relationship between principal behavior and student achievement in Canadian secondary schools. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.

Keith, S. (1989).  Teacher efficacy and the relationship between elementary principals instructional leadership and self-perception of efficacy. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. ERIC Document No.  9002836.

Kennedy, E. (1993).  Principal leadership functions and teacher effectiveness. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Fordham University, New York, NY. ERIC Document No.  9328415.

Kincaid, D. (2006). Selected factors affecting instructional leadership skills of public, private, and charter elementary school principals in Texas. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX.

Knezek, E. (2001). Supervision as a selected instructional leadership behavior of elementary principals and student achievement in reading. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Texas, Austin TX.

Kroeze, D. (1992).  District context and its impact on the instructional leadership role of the elementary school principal. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. ERIC Document No. T-31945.

Krug, F.  (1986).  The relationship between the instructional management behavior of elementary school principals and student achievement. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, U. of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. ERIC Document No. 8722942.

Latham, G. & Wexley, K. (1981). Increasing productivity through performance appraisal. Menlo Park, CA: Addison Wesley.

Lehl, A.  (1989). A comparison study of the instructional knowledge and the instructional leadership of elementary principals in Nebraska. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Nebraska, Lincoln NE. ERIC Document No. 9004690.

Leitner, D.  (1990). The effects of principal instructional management behavior on student learning: an organizational perspective. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Stanford University. ERIC Document No. 9017873.

Lord, C. (2001). Instructional leadership teams and school climate: A descriptive study of leadership behaviors and indicators of climate in secondary schools. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Connecticut, Storrs.

Lubbers, M.  (1988). An investigation to determine if a relationship exists between teacher efficacy, principal behaviors and student achievement. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.

Maciel, R. (2005). Do principals make a difference? An analysis of leadership behaviors of elementary principals in effective schools. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Texas – Pan American.

Macneil, A.  (1992).  Principal instructional management and its relation to teacher job satisfaction. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. ERIC Document No. 9239066.

Magula, S. (1997). A longitudinal study of the effects of teachers’ feedback on secondary principals’ job performance. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, George Washington University, Washington D.C.

Mallory, B. (2002). The relationship of teachers’ perceptions of instructional leadership and student achievement measured by state testing in ten North Carolina high schools. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, East Carolina University, Greenville NC.

Mann, K.  (1988).  Conditions affecting the instructional leadership behavior of elementary school principals in a rural county school district. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Maryland,  College Park, MD. ERIC Document No. 8912376.

Marshall, A. (2005). Instructional leadership: Perceptions of middle school principals and teachers. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Texas A & M University – Commerce, TX.

McCabe, B.  (1993).  Antecedents to principal instructional management behavior. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA. ERIC Document No. 9419092.

McCier, M. (2003). A study of high school principals’ instructional leadership behaviors as perceived by teachers in urban comprehensive and magnet high schools.Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Wayne State University, Detroit MI.

Mcilvain, S.  (1986).  Improving the instructional leadership of elementary principals through in-service training. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Kansas. ERIC Document No. 8619866.

Mctaggart, M. (1991). Using the principal instructional management rating scale to assess instructional leadership among school administrators. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of South Dakota. ERIC Document No. 9137432.

Meek, J. (1999).  Relationship between principal instructional leadership and student achievement outcomes in North Carolina elementary schools. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, North Carolina State University, Raleigh N.C.

Mercer, S. (2004. The relationship of teachers’ perceptions of principals’ instructional leadership skills and school performance in four high-poverty South Carolina middle schools. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of South Carolina, Columbia SC.

Meyer, T.  (1990). Perceived leader authenticity as an effective indicator of perceived instructional leadership behavior in middle level principals. Unpublished doctoral dissertation,  Andrews University. ERIC Document No.  9106810.

Miller, L. (1991). Perceptions of Alabama middle school teachers and principals regarding the principal’s instructional leadership role and competencies as developed by effective school studies. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Alabama.

Moore, Q. (2003). Teachers’ perceptions of principals’ leadership skills in selected South Carolina secondary schools. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of South Carolina, Columbia SC.

Morrow, A. (1995). An analysis of the instructional leadership behavior of suburban middle school principals regarding the level of alienation of eighth-grade male students. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Texas Southern University, Houston TX.

Neuenswander, W.  (1986). Achievement directed administration. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Kansas, Lincoln NE. ERIC Document No. 8619867.

Nogay, K. (1995).  The relationship of superordinate and subordinate gender to the perceptions of leadership behaviors of female secondary principals. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH. ERIC Document No.  9608026.

O’Day, K.  (1983).  The relationship between principal and teacher perceptions of principal instructional management behavior and student achievement. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Northern Illinois University, Normal, IL. ERIC Document No. 8426701.

O’Donnell, R. (2002). Middle-level principals’ instructional leadership behaviors and student achievement. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Lehigh University, Lehigh PA.

Orange, J.  (1990).  Instructional leadership of Kentucky school principals in elementary schools of various effectiveness. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. ERIC Document No. 9107123.

Otten, C.  (1990).  A comparison of instructional leadership practices of the principals of ‘AA’ elementary schools in the state of Missouri. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Northeast Missouri State University, Maryland MO. ERIC Document No. 1341549.

Palmer, V. (2000). Instructional leadership of principals in predominantly Hispanic schools. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.

Parker, B.  (1990).  The principal as an instructional leader in non-urban schools. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO. ERIC Document No. 9108370.

Poovatanakul, V.  (1993). Analyses of the perceptions of Thai principals and teachers as to the principals’ role as instructional leader. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL. ERIC Document No. 9403166.

Prater, M. (2004). The relative impact of principal managerial, instructional, and transformational leadership on student achievement. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Missouri, Columbia MO.

Pratley, D. (1992). A study of middle level principals’ involvement in instructional leadership. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Michigan State University, Lansing MI. ERIC Document No. 9223238.

Ratchaneeladdajit, R. (1997). Perceptions of Thai principals and teachers toward the principals’ role as instructional leaders in private schools in Bangkok, Thailand. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL. ERIC Document No. 9808846.

Reid, N. (1989). Elementary school principals’ behaviors in an urban school improvement program: a descriptive study of five principals. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. ERIC Document No. 8920293.

Rogers, J. (2005). Improving student learning: Development of a resource guide for elementary school principals. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Nova Southeastern University, FL.

Rose, M.  (1991). Perceptions of selected principals in South Carolina concerning their instructional management behaviors. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg MS. ERIC Document No. 9206184.

Roudebush, D. (1996).  Teacher’s perceptions of building principals as instructional leaders: A comparative study in year-round multi-track and conventional school settings. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Denver, Denver CO. ERIC Document No. 9639140.

Ruzicska, J.  (1989). The relationships among principals’ sense of efficacy, instructional leadership, and student achievement. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of San Francisco, San Francisco CA. ERIC Document No. 8913049.

Ryans, Y. (1989).  Perceptions about the elementary principal as an instructional leader. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA.

Saavedra, A. (1987). Instructional Management Behaviors of Secondary Administrators. Unpublished Masters Thesis, Bukidnon State College, Malaybalay, Bukidnon, Philippines.

Salvador, A. (1999).  Relationship between the teachers’ and administrators’ perceived school organizational health and administrators’ instructional leadership in Our Lady of Perpetual Succor College, High School Dept., 1998-99. Unpublished master thesis, Ateneo de Manila University, Manila, Philippines.

San Nicolas, E. (2003). Instructional leadership in Guam’s public elementary schools. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of San Diego, San Diego CA.

Sawyer, E.  (1997).  The relationship between cognitive styles and instructional leadership. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO. ERIC Document No. 9841359.

Schoch, A. (1992).  The relationship between instructional leadership behavior, school effectiveness, school size, gender, race, and years of principalship experience in elementary schools in South Carolina. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. ERIC Document No.  9307987.

Sheppard, B.  (1993). A study of the relationship among instructional leadership behaviors  of the school principal and selected school-level characteristics.  Unpublished doctoral dissertation,  University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada. ERIC Document No. NN82545.

Sicina, E.  (1996). Perception of the principal as the instructional leader and teacher participation in decision-making. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Fordham University, New York, NY. ERIC Document No.  9708265.

Simpson, A. (1988).  Assessment of the Instructional Effectiveness of Elementary Principals. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.

Singleton, R. (2006). Elementary school principals’ leadership practices: Differences among Mississippi schools. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Jackson State University, Jackson MI.

Skiptunas, C. (1990). Secondary principal leadership and school climate. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY. ERIC Document No. 9134629.

Smith, S. (2007).Principals’ and teachers’ perception of principals’ instructional leadership. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.

Sterrett, W. (2005). Perceived instructional leadership role of elementary principals in Virginia. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA.

Stevens, L.  (1996). Instructional leadership: A single district study of the multiple perceptions of central office administrators, principals, and elementary teachers. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY. ERIC Document No. 9625495.

Stroud, D.  (1989).  Factors influencing the instructional leadership behaviors of elementary school principals and the relationship to student achievement. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Peabody College for teachers of Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN. ERIC Document No. 9017489.

Switzter, J. (2006). Understanding administrative appraisal in international schools. Unpublished Master thesis, University of Bath, Bath UK.

Taff, B.  (1997).  Teacher perceptions of principal role behavior and school effectiveness. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Auburn University, Auburn AL. ERIC Document No. 9802477.

Tang, Tseng-Chung.  (1997).  The relationships among transformational, transactional and instructional leadership behaviors of senior secondary school principals in Taiwan. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of South Dakota, Bismark S.D.

Taraseina, P.  (1993). Assessing Instructional leadership behavior of secondary school principals in Thailand. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Peabody College for teachers of Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN. ERIC Document No. 9324256.

Tomasetti, B. (2007).Instructional leadership: Key perceptions in five central Pennsylvania elementary schools during times of legislated accountability. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania.

Trout, K.  (1985). The relationship between gender and selected characteristics associated with instructional leadership for senior high school principals. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of South Carolina, Columbia SC. ERIC Document No. 8604286.

van de Grift, W. (1989). Self perceptions of educational leadership and mean pupil

Van Pelt, J. (1993). Instructional management and its relationship to the context of the school and characteristics of the principal. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Drake University.

Villanova, R., Gauthier, W., Proctor, P., & Shoemaker, J.  (1981).  The Connecticut school effectiveness questionnaire. Hartford, CT:  Bureau of School Improvement, Connecticut State Department of Education.

Vinson, T.  (1997). The performance of secondary principals as instructional leaders in Mississippi public schools as perceived by superintendents, principals, and classroom teachers. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Mississippi, Jackson MS. ERIC Document No. 9835648.

Wardlow, R. (2008). Induction and support of new principals. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA.

Waters, D. (2005). Principal leadership behavior and 5th grade student achievement in high poverty schools. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.

Watkins, P.  (1992). Instructional leadership in relation to classroom environment, student enrollment, removal, and completion within LDS released-time seminaries. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of the Pacific. ERIC Document No. 9303164.

Wells, G. (1993). Instructional management behavior, time management, and selected background variables of elementary school principals in Connecticut’s Urban school districts. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. ERIC Document No. 9333216.

Werner, M.  (1991).  Relating California Principals’ instructional leadership behaviors to state distinguished recognition of their high- schools. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of San Francisco, San Francisco CA. ERIC Document No. 9212686.

Williams, A.  (1995). An analysis of the instructional leadership behavior of suburban middle school principals regarding the level of alienation of eighth-grade male students. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Texas Southern University, Houston TX. ERIC Document No. 9721870.

Wilson, C. (2005). Principal leadership, school climate and the distribution of leadership within the school community. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Montana, Missoula MT.

Winger, M.  (1992).  Keeping on track: the instructional leadership of year-round elementary school principals. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of California, Los Angles CA. ERIC Document No. 9230816.

Witziers, B., Bosker, R., & Kruger, M. (2003). Educational leadership and student achievement: The elusive search for an association. Educational Administration Quarterly, 34(3),398-425.

Wotany, J. (1999).  The training, selection, and hiring practices of Cameroonian school leaders and the evaluation of the present effectiveness of their instructional leadership behaviors. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, U. of Missouri, Kansas City MO.

Yang, Chen-Sheng. (1996). Instructional leadership behaviors of elementary school principals in Taiwan, Republic of China. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO.

Yates, P. (2001). Instructional leadership behaviors of principals and the effects of a balanced beginning reading program in exemplary elementary schools in northeast North Carolina. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Regent University, Virginia Beach VA.

Yogere, L. (1996). Instructional leadership behaviors of principals as perceived by themselves and the teachers of Assumption, San Lorenzo, during the school year 1995-1996. Unpublished master thesis, Ateneo de Manila University, Manila, Philippines.

Zeanah, R.  (1986). A comparison of elementary school principals’ instructional management roles in effective and ineffective schools. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Auburn University, Auburn AL.

 

Bio Note

Philip Hallinger is Professor and Executive Director in the College of Management at Mahidol University, Thailand. He specializes in the study of leadership, leadership development organizational change, and school improvement. He can be reached at hallinger@gmail.com.