Conclusion

Abstract

The primary premise of this book centers on the assumption that school leadership actions and practices are influenced and shaped by its surrounding inter-playing contexts (e.g., economy, policy, society, and culture). The secondary premise centers on the assumption that as the literature on school leadership has grown out from Western shores—namely, Anglophonic countries, much more work needs to be done to understand how contexts influence and shape school leadership beyond Western shores. This book aims to contribute to this knowledge base, albeit in the Asia Pacific region of the world, through synthesizing the contributions of authors from eight countries—namely, Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan, China, Japan, the Philippines, South Korea, and Malaysia.