Publications

I write about decision-making, leadership theory development, education policies, and network analysis.

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Books

Something Went Wrong Book Cover
Something Went Wrong: 52 Biases That Undermine Your Leadership Decision Making
Demystify Theories Book Cover
Demystify Theories: A Workbook for Developing Theoretical Framework of Educational Leadership Research
Leaders' Decision Making and Neuroscience Book Cover
Leaders' Decision Making and Neuroscience: What Are You Thinking?

Journal Articles

The expansion, fragmentation, and cliquishness of the theoretical foundation of educational leadership in the 2010s
Wang, Y. & Rasheed, Q. A.
European Journal of Educational Management, 9, 17-32 (2026). https://doi.org/10.12973/eujem.9.1.17
Algorithmic decision-making in organizations: A systematic review toward an integrated tension alignment framework
Wang, Y.
Organizational Management Journal, 23(1), 115-131 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1108/OMJ-11-2024-2342
Social justice leadership through the century (1900-2020): From foundations to anomalies
Wang, Y. & Nguyen, C.
Journal of Educational Administration, 63(5), 471–485 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1108/JEA-01-2025-0029
Decoding sentiment signals: Lessons from the political reception of the Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards
Borchers, C., Wang, Y., Hodge, E., & Rosenberg, J.
Educational Researcher (2025). doi: 10.3102/0013189X251336
The more the merrier? A network analysis of construct redundancy in school improvement literature
Wang, Y., & Ahn, J.
Educational Management Administration and Leadership, 53(1), 214-231 (2025). doi: 10.1177/17411432231155730
Algorithmic decisions in education governance: Implications and challenges
Wang, Y.
Discover Education, 3, 229 (2024). doi: 10.1007/s44217-024-00337-x
The impact of leadership on school organizations: Network analysis approach to systematic review of literature on Teaching and Learning International Survey
Ahn, J., & Wang, Y.
European Journal of Educational Management, 7(1) (2024). doi: 10.12973/eujem.7.1.1
Where does the future of an intellectual structure of the EAQ corpus lie? A response to Hallinger et al.'s empirical reflection
Wang, Y.
Educational Administration Quarterly (2023). doi: 10.1177/0013161X231201134
Interplay between Leadership and School-Level Conditions: A Review of Literature on the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS)
Ahn, J., Wang, Y., & Lee, Y.
Educational Management Administration and Leadership (2023). doi: 10.1177/17411432231177835
How can principals lead in the school improvement planning process? Reducing biases in shared decision-making
DeMatthews, D., & Wang, Y.
The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 96(2), 43-51 (2023). doi: 10.1080/00098655.2022.2163971
A convenient rhetoric or substantive change in teacher diversity? A text mining of federal, state, and district documents
Lee, S. H., Keith, B., Bey, Y., Wang, Y., Yang, X., Li, X., & Ji, S.
Education Policy Analysis Archives, 30(78), 1-28 (2022). doi: 10.14507/epaa.30.6677
Destructive leaders in schools: Can they be instructional leaders?
Merritt, A. B., & Wang, Y.
NASSP Bulletin, 106(2), 109-132 (2022). doi: 10.1177/01926365221102379
Examining the actor coalitions and discourse coalitions of the opt-out movement in New York: A discourse network analysis
Wang, Y.
Teachers College Record, 123(5), 1-26 (2021). doi: 10.1177/0161468121123005
Artificial intelligence in educational leadership: A symbiotic role of human-artificial intelligence decision-making
Wang, Y.
Journal of Educational Administration, 59(3), 256-270 (2021). doi: 10.1108/JEA-10-2020-0216
When artificial intelligence meets educational leaders' data-informed decision making: A cautionary tale
Wang, Y.
Studies in Educational Evaluation, 69, 1-9 (2021). doi: 10.1016/j.stueduc.2020.100872
What is the role of emotions in educational leaders' decision making? Proposing an organizing framework
Wang, Y.
Educational Administration Quarterly, 57(3), 372-402 (2021). doi: 10.1177/0013161X20938856
Understanding congressional coalitions: A discourse network analysis of congressional hearings for the Every Student Succeeds Act
Wang, Y.
Education Policy Analysis Archives, 28(19), 1-34 (2020). doi: 10.14507/epaa.28.4451
Using research on neuroeconomics games to train school leaders' decision making
Wang, Y.
International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 15(1), 149-171 (2020)
How students emerge as learning leaders in small group online discussions: The role of leadership styles and learner engagement
Kim, M. K., Lee, I. H., & Wang, Y.
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 36(5), 610-624 (2020). doi: 10.1111/jcal.12431
Who are online learning leaders? Piloting a Leader Identification Method (LIM)
Kim, M. K., Wang, Y., & Ketenci, T.
Computers in Human Behavior, 105, 1-15 (2020). doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2019.106205
Is data-driven decision making at odds with moral decision making? A critical review of school leaders' decision making in the era of school accountability
Wang, Y.
Values and Ethics in Educational Administration, 14(2), 1-9 (2019)
Pulling at your heartstrings: Examining four leadership approaches from the neuroscience perspective
Wang, Y.
Educational Administration Quarterly, 55(2), 328–359 (2019)
Common Core Standards unfold on Twitter: Public sentiment and opinion leaders
Wang, Y., & Fikis, D.
Educational Policy, 33(4), 650-683 (2019)
It all starts with social ties: Developing school leadership from the social network perspectives
Wang, Y.
National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) Bulletin, 102(4), 323–340 (2018)
The panorama of theoretical groundings of educational leadership research 2005-2014: A concept co-occurrence network analysis
Wang, Y.
Educational Administration Quarterly, 54(3), 327-365 (2018)
Education policy research in the big data era: Methodological frontiers, misconceptions, and challenges
Wang, Y.
Education Policy Analysis Archives, 25(94), 1-24 (2017)
The social networks and paradoxes of the opt-out movement amid the Common Core State Standards implementation: The case of New York
Wang, Y.
Education Policy Analysis Archives, 25(34), 1-27 (2017)
Automated text data mining analysis of five decades of educational leadership research literature: Probabilistic topic modeling of EAQ articles from 1965 to 2014
Wang, Y., Bowers, A. J., & Fikis, D.
Educational Administration Quarterly, 53(2), 289-323 (2017)
Getting personal! Twitter communication between school districts, superintendents, and the public
Wang, Y.
Journal of School Leadership, 26(5), 865-890 (2016)
Mapping the field of educational administration research: A journal citation network analysis
Wang, Y., & Bowers, A. J.
Journal of Educational Administration, 54(3), 242-269 (2016)
A social network approach to examine K-12 educational leaders' influence on information diffusion on Twitter
Wang, Y., Sauers, N., & Richardson, J.
Journal of School Leadership, 26(3), 495-522 (2016)
Big opportunities and big concerns of big data in education
Wang, Y.
TechTrends, 60(4), 381-384 (2016). doi: 10.1007/s11528-016-0072-1
U.S. State education agencies' use of Twitter: Mission accomplished?
Wang, Y.
Sage Open, 6(1), 1-12 (2016). doi: 10.1177/2158244015626492
Focus and delivery of doctoral programs in educational leadership
Jorissen, K., & Wang, Y.
International Journal of Educational Reform, 24(3), 212-232 (2015)
Examining digital inequities in Ohio's K-12 virtual schools: Implications for educational leaders and policymakers
Wang, Y., & Decker, J. R.
International Journal of Educational Reform, 23(4), 294-314 (2014)
Can virtual schools thrive in the real world?
Wang, Y., & Decker, J. R.
TechTrends, 58(6), 57-62 (2014). doi: 10.1007/s11528-014-0804-z
Social media in schools: A treasure trove or hot potato?
Wang, Y.
Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 16(1), 83-91 (2013)