Education Leadership Research Hub

School leadership in Mainland China

Author/Co-author

Selected Outputs

Prof. Allan Walker

·      Walker, A., & Qian, H. Y. (2018). Deciphering Chinese school leadership: Conceptualizations, context and complexities. London: Routledge.

·      Qian, H. Y., & Walker, A. (2018). Exploring the successful school leadership literature: How is it defined, practised and developed in China. J. Wilkinson & L. Bristol, Examining leadership as a culturally constructed practice: New directions and possibilities (95-117). London: Routledge.

·      Walker, A., & Qian, H. Y. (2017). Two buckets in a well: Searching for conditions of success in Chinese schools. Springwood, NSW, Australia.: ICSEI (International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement) Keynote Series.

·      Qian, H. & Walker, A.D. (2016). Leading as State Agents: Narratives of Shanghai Principals. In Clarke, S. & O’Donoghue, T. (Eds), School Leadership in Diverse Contexts (153-172). UK/Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.

· Qian, H. Y., Walker, A., & Zheng, Y. L. (2016). China: Research on Chinese principals and their work. H. Ärlestig, J. Olof, & C. Day (Eds.), A decade of research on school principals: Cases from 24 countries (331-355). Netherlands: Springer.

· Walker, A., Hu, R., & Qian H. Y. (2013). Gateways to Leading Learning: Principal leadership in China: An Initial Review. Hong Kong: The Joseph Lau Luen Hung Charitable Trust Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change, Hong Kong.

Dr. Qian Haiyan

·       Walker, A., & Qian, H. Y. (2018). Deciphering Chinese school leadership: Conceptualizations, context and complexities. London: Routledge.

·      Qian, H. Y., & Walker, A. (2018). Exploring the successful school leadership literature: How is it defined, practised and developed in China. J. Wilkinson & L. Bristol, Examining leadership as a culturally constructed practice: New directions and possibilities (95-117). London: Routledge.

·      Walker, A., & Qian, H. Y. (2017). Two buckets in a well: Searching for conditions of success in Chinese schools. Springwood, NSW, Australia.: ICSEI (International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement) Keynote Series.

·      Qian, H. Y., Walker, A., & Zheng, Y. L. (2016). China: Research on Chinese principals and their work. H. Ärlestig, J. Olof, & C. Day (Eds.), A decade of research on school principals: Cases from 24 countries (331-355). Netherlands: Springer.

·      Qian, H. & Walker, A.D. (2016). Leading as State Agents: Narratives of Shanghai Principals. In Clarke, S. & O’Donoghue, T. (Eds), School Leadership in Diverse Contexts (153-172). UK/Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.

·   Walker, A., Hu, R., & Qian H. Y. (2013). Gateways to Leading Learning: Principal leadership in China: An Initial Review. Hong Kong: The Joseph Lau Luen Hung Charitable Trust Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change, Hong Kong.

Dr. Lu Jiafang

·       Guo, W. & Lu, J. (2018). Assessing instructional leadership from two mindsets in China: power distance as a moderator. Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 30(4), 433-455.

·      Guo, W., Lu, J., & Qian, H. (2018). Principal instructional leadership: Chinese PIMRS development and validation. Chinese Education & Society, 51(5), 337-358.

·      Hallinger, P., Tang, S., & Lu, J. (2017). Learning to make change happen in Chinese schools: adapting a problem-based computer simulation for developing school leaders. School Leadership & Management, 37(1-2), 162-187.

·      Tang, S. B., Lu, J.F., & Hallinger, P (2014). Leading School Change in China: A Review of Related literature and Preliminary Investigation. International Journal of Educational Management, 28(6), 655-675.