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Breaking up Isn't Hard to Do: Exploring the Dissolution of Teachers' and School Leaders' Work-Related Ties
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Spillane, James P.; Shirrell, Matthew – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2017
Purpose: School leaders are central to the development of work-related ties among school staff. Although prior work has examined the predictors of the presence of work-related ties, little is known about the breakup or dissolution of ties among school staff. This study examines the extent of tie dissolution among school staff, as well as both the…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Network Analysis, School Organization, Social Capital
Managing to Lead: Reframing School Leadership and Management
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Spillane, James P. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2009
By concentrating on the formal school organization, researchers can miss the informal relationships that are fundamental to leadership. Distributed Leadership Studies (DLS) provides a framework for examining school leadership and management that considers the interactions of leaders, followers, and aspects of the context. The framework involves…
Descriptors: School Organization, Instructional Leadership, Principals, Power Structure
An Exploratory Analysis of Formal School Leaders' Positioning in Instructional Advice and Information Networks in Elementary Schools
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Spillane, James P.; Kim, Chong Min – American Journal of Education, 2012
This article examines how formal school leaders are positioned in their school's instructional networks based on an analysis of data from all 30 elementary schools in one mid-sized urban school district. Premised on the assumption that advice and information are key building blocks for knowledge development, we analyzed the instructional advice…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Principals, Data Analysis