Papers in refereed journals. Refereed journals in which external reviewers are
appointed to judge the paper’s quality and relevance to the field are, arguably, the most
respected channel for disseminating research findings and scholarly work in the
academic world. From Table VII it can be seen that a great deal of research in the field,
just as shown in the previous categories, is devoted to “leadership” (including
leadership development and the principal’s career), “managerial process” (including
change management, law, school finance, and instruction management), and
“organisational aspects” (including culture, structure, politics and environments).
The other topics receive relatively minor attention by the authors.