ELLA Publications

Recent Publications

• Wilson Heenan, I., De Paor, D., Lafferty, N., & Mannix McNamara, P. (2023, May 23). The impact of Transformational School Leadership on school staff and school culture in primary schools-A systematic review of international literature. MDPI. https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/13/6/133
• Hannan, R., Lafferty, N., & Mannix McNamara, P. (2023). Leadership opportunities in the school setting: A scoping study on staff perceptions. MDPI. https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/13/5/129
• Barry, G., Walsh, C., Ó Gallchóir, C., & Mannix-McNamara, P. (2023). School Self-Evaluation and empowering leadership in DEIS schools: an exploration of success. Taylor & Francis Online. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03323315.2022.2135569
• Bruce, P., Bruce, C., Hrymak, V., Hickey, N., & Mannix McNamara, P. (2022). Staff stress and interpersonal conflict in secondary schools-implications for school leadership. MDPI. https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/12/6/186
• Hickey, N., Flaherty, A., & Mannix McNamara, P. (2022). Distributed leadership: A scoping review mapping current empirical research. MDPI. https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/12/1/15
• Lynch, J., Daly, D., Lafferty, N., & Mannix McNamara, P. (2022). The real deal: A qualitative investigation of authentic leadership in Irish Primary School leaders. MDPI. https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/12/4/106
• Murphy, T. R. N., & Masterson, M. (2022). Teacher learning communities and leadership: Insights from a DEIS urban second-level school. MDPI. https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/12/4/114
• Snow, N., Hickey, N., Blom, N., O’Mahony, L., & Mannix-McNamara, P. (2021). An exploration of leadership in post-primary schools: The Emergence of Toxic Leadership. MDPI. https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/11/2/54
• Lafferty, N., MacCurtain, S., & Mannix McNamara, P. (2021). Donning the mask: The impact of covid-19 on emotional labour performance. Inderscience Online. https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJQI.2021.117187
• Mannix-McNamara, P., Hickey, N., MacCurtain, S., & Blom, N. (2021). The Dark Side of School Culture. MDPI. https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/11/3/87

Conference papers

• Hickey, N., and Mannix McNamara, P. and Flaherty, A. (2023) "Distributed leadership: Lived experiences of Irish post-primary school principals and deputy principals" [Oral Presentation], European Conference on Educational Research, Glasgow.
• Hickey, N., and Mannix McNamara, P. and Flaherty, A. (2023) "Distributed Leadership in Irish Post-primary Schools amidst a Pandemic: Interpretations and Implementation" [Oral Presentation], European Conference on Educational Research, Glasgow.
• Hickey, N., and Mannix McNamara, P. and Flaherty, A. (2023) "Distributed Leadership: A Sustainable Practice?" [Oral Presentation], British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society, Belfast.
• Hickey, N., Flaherty, A., & Mannix McNamara, P. (2023) “Distributed Leadership Enactment in Irish Post-primary Schools.” [Oral Presentation], International Congress of School Effectiveness and Improvement, Viña Del Mar, Chile.
• Hickey, N., Flaherty, A., & Mannix McNamara, P. (2022) “School personnel’s interpretations of distributed leadership through the lens of teacher empowerment.” [Oral Presentation], World Education Leadership Symposium, Online.
• Snow, N., Hickey, N., Blom, N., Mannix McNamara, P., & O'Mahony, L. (2021) “Toxic Leadership in Irish post-primary schools.” [Oral Presentation], International Association of Workplace Bullying and Harassment, Online.
• Hickey, N., Flaherty, A., & Mannix McNamara, P. (2021) “Distributed leadership in post-primary schools: A scoping review mapping the current empirical research.” [Oral Presentation], International Congress of School Effectiveness and Improvement, Online.
• Lafferty, N., Mac Curtain, S., & Mannix McNamara, P. (2019). “The emotional labour of Irish post-primary school teachers.” [Oral Presentation], European Association of Work and Organisational Psychology Conference, Turin, 2019.
• Lafferty, N. (2018). “Are you being served? Emotional Labour.” [Oral Presentation], Research and Innovation Conference, Dublin.