Wallace, M and Deem, Rosemary and O'Reilly, Dermot and Tomlinson, M (2011) Developing Leadership Capacity in English Secondary Schools and Universities : Global Positioning and Local Mediation. British Journal of Educational Studies, 59 (1). pp. 21-40. ISSN 0007-1005
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Abstract
Government responses to globalisation include developing educational leaders as reformers for workforce competitiveness in the knowledge economy. Qualitative research tracked interventions involving national leadership development bodies to acculturate leaders in secondary schools and universities. Acculturating leaders as reformers was mediated through interaction with professional cultures valuing autonomy. Yet mediation supported the government's global positioning through adapting reforms and independent innovation.