Title of Assignment:
Critical review of an article
Your name and surname:
Eunice Ogege
Your student ID number:
R2111D12988555
Course name and code:
Concepts, Principles & Models in Educational Leadership
UU-EDU-740-ZM-24292
Tutor’s full name:
Agi Ugochukwu Kysburn
Date:
9th June 2022
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Table of Content
Cover page/Assignment title ................................................................................................................... 1
Content..................................................................................................................................................... 2
Research Topic......................................................................................................................................... 3
Article Reference ..................................................................................................................................... 3
Introduction.............................................................................................................................................. 3
Rationale for Period and database Limitation.......................................................................................... 3
Research Aim .......................................................................................................................................... 4
Research Hypothesis/Question ............................................................................................................... 4
Methodology ........................................................................................................................................... 4
Findings ................................................................................................................................................4&5
Recommendations & Conclusion .........................................................................................................5&6
References........................................................................................................................................... …7
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TOPIC
A systematic review of studies on leadership models in educational research from 1980 to 2014
Article
Educational Management Administration & Leadership ·
January 2018 DOI: 10.1177/1741143216659296
Introduction
The concern of management appears to have been a source of contention for hundreds of years, dating back
to ancient Greek intellectuals, but this is only lately that it becomes a topic of discussion, and the demand
for viable innovators has reached a fashionable peak across globe today, in which the effectiveness of
people, institutions, and segments is heavily reliant on pioneers' success (Bolden, 2004). Despite its
importance, administration is difficult to define (Leithwood and Riehl, 2005). The author went on to say
that there was no explicit thought of administration in the work (Bush, 2008; Yukl, 2002). According to
Kruse (2013), a social component that influences people's commitment to achieving a goal or target is their
perspective on leadership. Based on Leithwood and Riehl's (2003: 4) perspective, they believe that
"leadership focuses on two essential areas: offering direction and encouraging others." (Riehl and
Leithwood, 2005: 14)
In this way, school authorities may allude to "the effort of assembling and influencing individuals to express
and achieve the school's common eagerness and goals."
RATIONALE FOR PERIOD AND DATABASE LIMITATIONS.
The author's main objective was to highlight a widely held belief about how linked studies were generated
years ago by focusing on and considering many studies rather than examining a reasonably small number
of specific results. From the author's perspective, he essentially selects a database in which he seems to dig
for keywords, differentiate related work, and obtain the data he needs for his study. As a result, he decided
to search the Internet using the Science database, which had many instructional considerations from wellregarded scholar's works from all over the world. The Vantage Point product came with a database, and
they included specific identities for their articles, therefore the analyses were done using bibliometrics.
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Furthermore, the focus was on publications published between 1980 and 2014. This is since most
educational leadership models were examined and constructed in 1981, putting a cap on the time frame.
RESEARCH AIM
The author's main goal for this study is to conduct a broad review of educational leadership models to
reveal how different leadership models are studied, the different leadership concept published results in
terms of trends in academic practice over time, the most prominent researchers and journals working on
educational forms of leadership, and the countries where the journals are found, using a systematic review
of research, and analyzing a case study.
RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS/QUESTION.
The author wanted to build on current administration (educational leadership models), important leadership
hypotheses, and the assimilation of models of leadership from other colleges or schools.
Methodology
The article was assessed utilizing bibliometric and content analytic methodologies in this research. To
begin, the author looked at the numbers and patterns of articles, countries, administration models, and
authors using bibliometrics to broaden the reach of instructional results on leadership models. He went on
to analyze the selected publications for additional clarity and enhanced understanding about the key
research paper's tactics, goals, and fundamental factions. We present a few statistics surrounding the
citations examination and the process of reasoning for picking a certain database and timeframe for the
examination that we recently depicted how the research was accomplished. Bibliometric analysis is defined
by Pritchard (1969: 348), as the use of mathematics and quantifiable methodologies to paper and other
media formats. This method allows analysts to look at the abstracts, slogans, and references of thinkers in
a certain topic; identify and compare Scholars, nations, journals, and teachers in the field; and showcase
innovative partnerships and notable analysts and diaries. Despite the reality that the quantity of bibliometric
thoughts about has grown in many scholarly fields, the technique is still relatively new in terms of teaching
results. Few rates of scholastic science apply bibliometrics, according to Diem and Wolter, 2013; Phelan
et al., 2000; Zawacki-Richter et al., 2010.
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Findings
As part of the results, the author selected to offer just the literature review of the 183 publications directly
connected to leadership models. He also intended to highlight the alterations in the structure of several
leadership styles that he had enquired about. Years ago, the papers circulated were the most well-known
associated journals, the most well-known researchers who work in one way or another to ensure the model
is realized, and the countries where the related research was discovered using a bibliometric investigation
of the findings and analyzed papers decided to order in the Web of Science between 1980 and 2014. Finally,
he used the core examination approach to examine at specific facts on the existing thinks on authority
models' strategies, aims, and center bunches. He as it were investigated linked publications from two clear
journals, EAQ and EMAL, for this section to gain more in-depth findings. His findings also revealed that
administrators were the most common focus group in educational research on administration methods,
which was followed by teachers.
RECOMMENDATIONS & CONCLUSION
By looking through a number of research papers in the Science archive, this study has a significant
influence on the study of leadership models in education. The findings of the study provide crucial
information on the development of a related study, which is subsequently used to create a massive image
based on statistical evidence. The research, like every other study we've looked at, has a number of
limitations. To begin with, despite the fact that the creators put in a lot of time and effort to avoid mistakes
like lost data or incorrect categorizations throughout the investigation process, from cleaning and
classifying watchwords for bibliometric inquiry to material examination of records, minor errors are still
possible owing to the sensitivity of publications and the large number of papers used for the analyses.
Furthermore, because some of the well-known instructive organization journals, such as the Diary of
Instructive Organization, Universal Diary of Instructive Administration, School Authority and
Administration, and Worldwide Diary of Authority in Instruction, were not ordered within the database we
used in this study, our analyses did not include papers published in these journals. Despite the fact because
not being able to integrate all significant diaries or articles is a regular problem in practically all audits, the
banning of these vital materials might be seen as another limitation of our thinking. As a result, he suggests
that future research papers focus on publications that are important but are not included in the this one.
Furthermore, it may be claimed that throughout the content analysis of the papers, certain
overgeneralizations were made, particularly about the documents' purpose. To conduct a well-self5|P a g e
explanatory finding and investigation on a tiny scale of similar research, potential studies should restrict
their findings based on the search limitation and one component must be taken, for illustration, the
behaviour and attitude and character of any government must have present chapter or contextual impact
touching leadership do's and don’ts.
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Reference
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