| Critical reading and writing for postgraduates M Wallace, A Wray Sage, 2016 | 294 | 2016 |
| International schools and international education: Improving teaching, management and quality M Hayden, J Thompson Routledge, 2013 | 98 | 2013 |
| Managing to improve public services J Hartley, C Donaldson, C Skelcher, M Wallace Cambridge University Press, 2008 | 59 | 2008 |
| The'hidden givers': a study of school governing bodies in England C James, S Brammer, M Connolly, M Fertig, J James, J Jones CfBT Education Trust, 2010 | 53 | 2010 |
| School leadership and social justice: Evidence from Ghana and Tanzania R Bosu, A Dare, H Dachi, M Fertig International Journal of Educational Development 31 (1), 67-77, 2011 | 50 | 2011 |
| Managing change in the public services M Wallace, M Fertig, E Schneller John Wiley & Sons, 2009 | 46 | 2009 |
| Managing change in the public services M Wallace, M Fertig, E Schneller John Wiley & Sons, 2009 | 46 | 2009 |
| School governance and the mediation of engagement S Ranson Educational Management Administration & Leadership 39 (4), 398-413, 2011 | 45 | 2011 |
| What is international about International Schools? An institutional legitimacy perspective T Bunnell, M Fertig, C James Oxford Review of Education 42 (4), 408-423, 2016 | 44 | 2016 |
| School governing bodies in England under pressure: the effects of socio-economic context and school performance C James, S Brammer, M Connolly, M Fertig, J James, J Jones Educational Management Administration & Leadership 39 (4), 414-433, 2011 | 43 | 2011 |
| Old wine in new bottles? Researching effective schools in developing countries M Fertig School Effectiveness and School Improvement 11 (3), 385-403, 2000 | 43 | 2000 |
| School governing bodies in South African schools: under pressure to enhance democratization and improve quality J Heystek Educational management administration & leadership 39 (4), 455-468, 2011 | 42 | 2011 |
| School governance in Switzerland: Tensions between new roles and old traditions SG Huber Educational Management Administration & Leadership 39 (4), 469-485, 2011 | 36 | 2011 |
| International school accreditation: Between a rock and a hard place? M Fertig Journal of Research in International Education 6 (3), 333-348, 2007 | 34 | 2007 |
| Educational leadership and quality education in disadvantaged communities in Ghana and Tanzania GKT Oduro, H Dachi, M Fertig Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management …, 2008 | 33 | 2008 |
| Reflections on developments in school governance: international perspectives on school governing under pressure M Connolly, C James Educational Management Administration & Leadership 39 (4), 501-509, 2011 | 28 | 2011 |
| Coping with complex and programmatic public service change M Wallace Managing change in the public services, 13-35, 2007 | 28 | 2007 |
| Establishing the legitimacy of a school’s claim to be “International”: the provision of an international curriculum as the institutional primary task T Bunnell, M Fertig, C James Educational Review 69 (3), 303-317, 2017 | 19 | 2017 |
| Educational leadership and the capabilities approach: Evidence from Ghana M Fertig Cambridge Journal of Education 42 (3), 391-408, 2012 | 19 | 2012 |
| The role of the chair of the school governing body in England C James, J Jones, M Connolly, S Brammer, M Fertig, J James School Leadership & Management 32 (1), 3-19, 2012 | 19 | 2012 |