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“Leadership” and the social: time,space and the epistemic

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Purpose – “Leadership” is arguably the central concept of interest in contemporary scholarship on
educational administration. Within this scholarly discourse, there is an explicit assumption that
leadership is a “real” phenomenon that is not only important, but also necessary for educational
institutions. However, few scholars engage with issues surrounding the confusion of a socially
constructed label with an assumed empirical reality. The aim of this paper is to mobilise critical social
theory and to discuss the concept of leadership in educational administration.
Design/methodology/approach – To engage with this matter, the author mobilises critical social
theory, specifically that of Pierre Bourdieu, to discuss the concept of leadership in educational
administration.
Findings – In doing so, the author argues that: “leadership” is a label taken from common language
into scholarly discourse for the purpose of solving a perceived problem in the empirical world, and that
this is made possible through a particular constitution of the social space.
Research limitations/implications – The central argument of this paper challenges the hegemonic
position of educational leadership scholarship, particularly its mobilisation of context, both time and
space.
Originality/value – Unlike scholarship focused on developing an explanation of what constitutes
leadership, this paper engages with the abstraction of “leadership” as an educational administration
concept.

Keywords Leadership, Bourdieu, Educational administration, Epistemic, Temporality, Education

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International Journal of Educational Management

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: Emerald/Group., 2013

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International Journal of Educational Management Vol. 27 No. 1, 2013 pp. 91-101

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English

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