Through the concepts of organizational routines and sensemaking, this article explores the interrelated dynamics of these factors in teacher hiring through a case study within the Swedish School-Age Educare.

Shadowing has been used for decades in educational leadership and management research. Yet, there appears to be little academic discussion of shadowing and its related forms or anal-yses of the method itself.

The aim of this paper is to shed light on the factors that encourage and hinder teachers who lead innovative school initiatives and to identify the circles of support available to them in the process.

The aim of this article is to study and theorize on conditions for school actors’ knowledge building within such large-scale school improvement reforms. Using a Swedish large-scale school improvement program, “Collaboration for the Best School Possible” (CBSP), as a case and the concepts of organizational routines and theorizing as theoretical lenses, we explore questions linked…

Allt fler chefer lider av psykisk ohälsa. För att förbättra situationen kan samtal – där fokus ligger på chefernas eget mående – vara en viktig åtgärd, enligt en studie.

Besparingskraven haglar från kommuner och regioner. I första linjen står skolledarna som utöver sitt vanliga jobb ska verkställa beslut som ofta innebär nedskärningar. Men finns det hjälp att få? Ja, säger forskarna Lisa Björk och Linda Corin som här ger tio tips i besparingstider.

Mobbesaker gir så stor belastning at halvparten av rektorene som er dybdeintervjuet i en doktorgrad, har sluttet.

This systematic literature review analyzed findings from 191 relevant primary studies published between 2000 and 2020 and identified four broad themes: developing a reform-ready school climate, comprehensive planning, preparation for implementation, and building capacity.

This article aims to deepen our knowledge about the work and competences of local education authority (LEA) officials when implementing new policy directives for documentation in the decentralized Swedish school system.

This study investigates how preschool principals learn how to understand and lead the digitalisation process in their preschool organisations collaboratively within an action research initiative. It specifically investigates how perspectives on time affect their understanding of leading digitalisation by exploring time as a discursive arrangement in a principal’s professional learning.

Chefer lider allt oftare av psykisk ohälsa, vilket i sin tur även påverkar organisationernas välmående. Ny forskning pekar på att reflekterande samtal med fokus på chefernas hälsa kan vara en viktig åtgärd för att hantera denna ökande problematik.

Lärares yrkesinträde är en krävande process och ses oftast som en utmanande tid. Syftet med forskningsprojektet är att bättre förstå det eventuella glappet mellan den kompetens som lärarutbildningen ger och de faktiska krav som läraryrket ställer. (pdf)