Publications by Year
2025
Publications coming soon
2026

Research Outputs (2025)

  1. Banoğlu, K., Gümüş, S., Karataş, İ. H., & Lu, J. (2025).
    Transitivity between school principals' instructional and administrative advice-seeking relations in a rural district: Friendship matters.
    Journal of Professional Capital and Community. Advance online publication.
    https://doi.org/10.1108/JPCC-09-2024-0154
  2. Bellibaş, M. Ş., Nguyen, D., & Gümüş, S. (2025).
    Would teachers' professional collaboration promote cognitively activating teaching practices? The moderating role of collective innovativeness.
    ECNU Review of Education. Advance online publication.
    https://doi.org/10.1177/20965311251327234
  3. Cansoy, R., Gümüş, S., & Walker, A. (2025).
    Challenges in implementing instructional leadership: Insights from Turkish school principals.
    Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 53(5), 991–1015.
    https://doi.org/10.1177/17411432241263915
  4. Chen, J. (2025).
    Conceptualising principal resilience: Development and validation of the Principal Resilience Inventory.
    Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 53(3), 561–581.
    https://doi.org/10.1177/17411432231186294
  5. Chen, J. (2025).
    A narrative research synthesis of principal well-being: Research evidence from 1978 to 2024.
    Educational Management Administration & Leadership. Advance online publication.
  6. Chen, J., & Kouhsari, M. (2025).
    Demystifying the personal and social forces behind school digital transformation: An analysis of the job demands and resources theory through school leaders.
    Computers & Education, 228, 105232.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2024.105232
  7. Chen, J., Li, X., Hallinger, P., & Lee, J. C.-K. (2025).
    Looking back and ahead: A bibliometric review of research on principal well-being, 1962–2022.
    Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 53(4), 730–750.
    https://doi.org/10.1177/17411432231190217
  8. Chen, J., Liu, Y., & Lee, J. C.-K. (2025).
    Neuroleadership is a miracle or a mirage: A bibliometric and comparative analysis between organisational neuroleadership and educational neuroleadership.
    Educational Management Administration & Leadership. Advance online publication.
    https://doi.org/10.1177/17411432251367167
  9. Choi, S., Gümüş, S., Campbell, P., Lu, J., & Ho, C. S. M. (2025).
    Perceptual (in)congruence between principals and teachers: Unpacking the interplay of instructional leadership, teacher collaboration, and organisational trust using Hong Kong PISA 2022.
    Educational Management Administration & Leadership. Advance online publication.
    https://doi.org/10.1177/17411432251389
  10. Ding, J., & Song, Y. (2025).
    Descriptive writing using generative AI as a cognitive scaffold in the metaverse environment: University students' perceptions, learning engagement, and performance.
    Educational Psychology. Advance online publication.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2025.2568189
  11. Gümüş, S., Akcaoglu, M., Mcbrayer, J., & Belova, X. (2025).
    Virtual professional development for school leadership: Designing and testing a practical web-based simulation for classroom observation.
    Research in Educational Administration and Leadership, 10(2), 542–583.
    https://doi.org/10.30828/real.1576742
  12. Gümüş, S., & Bellibaş, M. Ş. (2025).
    The relationship between instructional leadership and teachers' self-efficacy and job satisfaction: does school culture make a difference?
    School Leadership & Management. Advance online publication.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/13632434.2025.2585018
  13. Gümüş, S., Lu, J., Banoğlu, K., & Walker, A. (2025).
    From confidence to impact: How school leaders' self-efficacy moderates the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational learning in K-12 schools.
    Journal of Educational Administration. Advance online publication.
    https://doi.org/10.1108/JEA-05-2025-0204
  14. Gümüş, S., Xu, N., Berkovich, I., Buyukgoze, H., & DeMatthews, D. (2025).
    Exploring the role of context for social justice leadership: Perceptions, practices, and challenges through the lens of ecological systems theory.
    The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher. Advance online publication.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s40299-025-01039-0
  15. Hilal, Y. Y., Hammad, W., & Gümüş, S. (2025).
    Exploring distributed leadership in the Muslim world: A meta-synthesis of qualitative studies.
    Leadership and Policy in Schools. Advance online publication.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/15700763.2025.2521612
  16. Ho, M., & Chen, J. (2025).
    Balancing act: The influence of entrepreneurial demands on teachers' emotional consequences and entrepreneurial behavior.
    Teaching and Teacher Education, 165, 105165.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2025.105165
  17. Ho, M., & Chen, J. (2025).
    Cross-sector internship insights: Recognizing leadership through cross-sector internship programs for vice-principals.
    Educational Management Administration & Leadership. Advance online publication.
  18. Klassen, R. M., Wang, H., Cutting, J., Thompson-Lee, S., Snell, R. J. S., Saiger, M., & See, B.-H. (2025).
    Digital innovations in teacher recruitment interventions: An experimental study.
    Computers & Education, 239, 105450.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2025.105450
  19. Laursen, R., Gümüş, S., & Walker, A. D. (2025).
    Navigating egalitarian culture and accountability pressures: Shared instructional leadership practices of Danish school leaders.
    Journal of Professional Capital and Community, 10(3), 371–392.
    https://doi.org/10.1108/JPCC-01-2024-0014
  20. Li, Z., Li, X., & Chen, J. (2025).
    Emotional intelligence of educators: A bibliometric review, 1998–2024.
    Social Psychology of Education, 28(1), 99.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-025-10048-2
  21. Liu, Y., & Chen, J. (2025).
    A bibliometric review of research on digital leadership, 1991-2025: Implications for digital leadership in education.
    Educational Management Administration & Leadership. Advance online publication.
    https://doi.org/10.1177/17411432251349806
  22. Lo, C. K., Hew, K. F., Xu, S., Song, Y., Chen, G., & Jong, M. S.-Y. (2025).
    Recommendations based on experiences of pandemic-led remote mathematics teaching in Pre-K–12 contexts: A systematic review from the activity theory perspective.
    Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 41(1), e70005.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.70005
  23. Lu, J., & Chen, J. (2025).
    The dynamics between teacher resilience and well-being: A cross-lagged panel analysis.
    The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 34(6), 1077–1089.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s40299-024-00922-6
  24. Macfarlane, B., Jefferson, A. E., & Chen, Y. F. (2025).
    Academic cronyism and publication in journal special issues: An exploratory study.
    Journal of Academic Ethics, 24(1), 1–17.
  25. Macfarlane, B., Jung, J., & Oleksiyenko, A. (2025).
    Crises in global higher education: Imagined or genuine threats?
    Higher Education Quarterly, 79(4).
    https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.70070
  26. Men, Z., Lu, J., Bryant, D. A., & Zhang, W. (2025).
    Understanding teacher voice at schools in China: Definition and narrative inquiry.
    Journal of Educational Change, 26(3), 527–551.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s10833-025-09533-4
  27. Pietsch, M., Buyukgoze, H., Gümüş, S., Çoban, Ö., & Özdemir, N. (2025).
    Unpacking the microfoundations of educational innovation and change: A multi-level study of ambidexterity, commitment, and trust using Coleman's bathtub model.
    Public Management Review. Advance online publication.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2025.2582610
  28. Qian, H., Yang, J., Tang, J., Seidumanova, M., & Lu, J. (2025).
    The development trajectory of the sister school scheme between Hong Kong and Chinese mainland schools: From the intertextuality perspective.
    ECNU Review of Education. Advance online publication.
    https://doi.org/10.1177/20965311251331641
  29. Tan, C. Y., Gümüş, S., Xu, N., & An, A. Q. (2025).
    A review of empirical research on equitable school leadership practices for students from low socioeconomic status backgrounds.
    Educational Review. Advance online publication.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2025.2526437
  30. Tao, L., Cukurova, M., & Song, Y. (2025).
    Learning analytics in immersive virtual learning environments: A systematic literature review.
    Smart Learning Environments, 12(1), 43.
    https://doi.org/10.1186/s40561-025-00381-6
  31. Tao, L., Deng, H., & Song, Y. (2025).
    Generative artificial intelligence in education: A topic-based bibliometric analysis.
    Educational Technology & Society, 28(2), 327–348.
    https://doi.org/10.30191/ETS.202504_28(2).TP05
  32. Thompson-Lee, S., Snell, R. J. S., Wang, H., & Klassen, R. M. (2025).
    Career motivations and perceptions of teaching of 16–19-year-olds in England and Wales.
    British Educational Research Journal. Advance online publication.
    https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.70034
  33. Wang, H., & Frenzel, A. C. (2025).
    "Exhaustive but effective": A multi-site study investigating the profiles of teachers' emotions and emotional labor.
    Journal of School Psychology, 110, 101456.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2025.101456
  34. Wang, H., Cha, Y.-Y., Wen, Y.-Y., & Lim, C.-P. (2025).
    Interventions that promote teachers' occupational well-being: A meta-analytic investigation of their effectiveness.
    Review of Educational Research. Advance online publication.
    https://doi.org/10.3102/00346543251363570
  35. Wang, H., Wang, I. Y., Chen, Y., & Burić, I. (2025).
    Is "faking" emotions always bad? Exploring the relationships between teachers' emotional labor, expressed enthusiasm, and teaching quality.
    Teaching and Teacher Education, 161, 105042.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2025.105042
  36. Wang, X., Yan, Z., Tang, A., Chen, C., Chen, J., & Xiong, Y. (2025).
    Adversity quotient influences self-regulated learning strategies via achievement motivation among Chinese university students.
    Education Sciences, 15(8), 1042.
    https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15081042
  37. Xu, Y., Li, J., Chen, J., Sun, J., & Qiu, S. (2025).
    Chinese early childhood educators' manifestations of social-emotional competence at work: A qualitative study.
    Teaching and Teacher Education, 165, 105161.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2025.105161
  38. Yang, Y., Song, Y., Yan, J., & Ma, Q. (2025).
    Bridging classroom and real-life learning mediated by a mobile app with a self-regulation scheme: Impacts on Chinese EFL primary students' self-regulated vocabulary learning outcomes, enjoyment, and learning behaviours.
    System, 131, 103671.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2025.103671
  39. Zhang, M., Zhang, W., Lu, J., & Qian, H. (2025).
    Contextualizing system leadership in China: Evidence from inter-school collaboration in the Greater Bay Area.
    Social Inclusion. Advance online publication.
    https://doi.org/10.17645/si.10998
  40. Zheng, Y., Tang, J., Qian, H., Lu, J., & Cravens, X. C. (2025).
    Principal succession in China: A scale development and validation study.
    Educational Management Administration & Leadership. Advance online publication.
    https://doi.org/10.1177/17411432251358075
  41. Kouhsari, M., & Chen, J. (2025).
    Demystifying school leader career sustainability: The role of trust in artificial intelligence and artificial intelligence collaboration.
    Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. Advance online publication.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcal.70135

Contact Us

For more information about our research publications, ongoing projects, or collaboration opportunities, please reach out to our research center.

We welcome inquiries from researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and students interested in educational leadership and change in the Asia Pacific region.

Get in Touch