Clive Dimmock is Professor of Educational Leadership and Director of the Centre for Educational Leadership and Management (CELM) at the University of Leicester, UK. He has previously taught at Cardiff University, and held professorial positions at The University of Western Australia and The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has authored and co-authored (largely with Allan Walker) many books and journal articles on cross-cultural comparative educational leadership, school design for improvement, strategic leadership, new methods of researching the principalship - such as life history, and the leadership of multi-ethnic schools. He has won many competitive research grants and also acted as a consultant to various governments, including Hong Kong, various Australian states, Brunei and Cyprus. Allan Walker is Professor and Chair of the Department of Educational Administration and Policy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is also Associate Director of the Hong Kong Centre for the Development of Educational Leadership. Allan has experience as a teacher, school principal, university teacher and administrator, and consultant in a range of local and international settings. He has worked in universities in Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong and conducted principal development courses and/or research in various countries such as Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines and the United Kingdom. At present, Allan is working with group of Hong Kong principals in designing and implementing innovative professional development activities for aspiring, newly-appointed and experienced principals. His most current research project involves investigating the worklives of assistant principals as they strive and prepare for principalship. His general research interests include principalship preparation and development, cultural influence on school leadership, school improvement, professional learning communities and leadership needs analysis.
