The Role of Leadership Styles in Fostering Teacher Collaboration and Educational Innovation: A Comprehensive Review of Urban and Rural School Contexts

Reena Murali · 2026 · Open MIND

Summary. This review examines how different leadership styles affect teacher collaboration and innovation in both urban and rural schools. The authors synthesize research on transformational, distributed, and situational leadership approaches, finding that while leadership research is extensive, gaps remain in understanding context-responsive practices that work across urban-rural divides. The review identifies key contextual factors affecting leadership effectiveness and proposes research directions to support equitable educational outcomes.

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  title   = {The Role of Leadership Styles in Fostering Teacher Collaboration and Educational Innovation: A Comprehensive Review of Urban and Rural School Contexts},
  author  = {Reena Murali},
  journal = {Open MIND},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.18430006},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18430006}
}

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DOI

10.5281/zenodo.18430006

Countries

India

Regions

Asia

Categories

education, regional-innovation-systems, general-innovation

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2026-04-29