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August 16, 2026Journal of Educational Administration

Cultivating collective human capital: leadership mechanisms for sustainable instructional reform in centralised school systems

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NKNicos KeravnosAKAntonios KafaELElectra Lipsou

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Qualitative cross-case study reveals leadership mechanisms that sustain instructional reform in primary schools, suggesting collective human capital thrives through structured feedback and shared...

Key Points

  • To examine how school leaders cultivate and convert collective human capital into durable instructional reform capacity within centralized public school systems.
  • Conducted a qualitative cross-case study across eight primary schools in the centralized public education system of Cyprus.
  • Gathered data via semi-structured interviews with principals and teachers, non-participant observations of collaborative practices, and document analysis.
  • Applied cross-case qualitative analysis to identify recurring leadership mechanisms associated with sustainable reform.
  • Identified three primary leadership mechanisms driving sustainable instructional change: structuring professional coherence through shared routines, embedding collective expertise within organizational practices, and institutionalizing adaptive feedback cycles.
  • Observed that schools with deeply embedded leadership mechanisms sustained durable reform trajectories despite structural constraints from centralized staffing systems.

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Keravnos et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a817a60f2fb91fc834ae142https://doi.org/10.1108/jea-03-2026-0133
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