ABSTRACT

Distributed leadership is one of the most influential and well-discussed ideas to emerge in the field of educational leadership. Prompted by the foundational and seminal work of Spillane et al. (2001) the idea of shared or ‘stretched’ leadership that incorporates both formal and informal leaders, has been of interest to researchers, policy-makers practitioners and educational reformers around the globe. Distributed leadership has captured the attention of many international researchers and as this article will show, has been the focus of a great deal of empirical enquiry. This article looks at the two decades of research that followed the pivotal Spillane et al. (2001) article on distributed leadership. Firstly, it takes a retrospective view by drawing upon selected literature from 2001 to 2011 mapping out the main findings based on this empirical terrain. Secondly, it offers a contemporary view by exploring recently selected literature on distributed leadership from 2011 to 2021. The article does not claim to be a systematic review of the literature but rather, offers some insights into selected evidence over two decades. The article considers how far distributed leadership remains a relevant concept for those working within the field of educational leadership.

摘要

分布式领导是教育领导领域中出现的最有影响力和讨论最充分的想法之一。受 Spillane 等人的基础性和开创性工作的启发。(2001) 包括正式和非正式领导者在内的共享或“延伸”领导力的想法引起了全球研究人员、决策者从业者和教育改革者的兴趣。分布式领导已经引起了许多国际研究人员的注意，正如本文将要展示的那样，它一直是大量实证调查的焦点。本文着眼于关键的 Spillane 等人之后的二十年研究。(2001) 关于分布式领导力的文章。首先，它采用回顾性观点，借鉴 2001 年至 2011 年的精选文献，根据这一实证领域绘制出主要发现。其次，它通过探索最近精选的关于 2011 年至 2021 年分布式领导力的文献，提供了一个当代观点。这篇文章并不声称是对文献的系统回顾，而是提供了对二十年来精选证据的一些见解。这篇文章考虑了分布式领导在多大程度上仍然是教育领导领域工作人员的相关概念。