Book Chapters
Dooley, Karen, Briant, Elizabeth and Kimber, Megan (2023). Shadow Education in Literacy for Migrant Students Learning in English as an Additional Language in Australian Primary Schools. International Perspectives on English Language Teaching. (pp. 251-266) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-26817-5_14
Kimber, Megan and Ehrich, Lisa Catherine (2022). Performance appraisal and performance-based pay in universities : in Taylor’s shadow. The Palgrave handbook of educational leadership and management discourse. (pp. 619-638) edited by Fenwick W. English. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-99097-8_61
Kimber, Megan (2020). A social justice challenge for school leadership in Australia. Handbook on promoting social justice in education. (pp. 523-543) Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-14625-2_97
Carrington, Suzanne and Kimber, Megan (2017). International service-learning: preparing teachers for inclusion. International perspectives on inclusive education. (pp. 21-37) edited by Shane Lavery, Dianne Chambers and Glenda Cain. Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Publishing Limited. doi: 10.1108/s1479-363620170000012002
Ehrich, Lisa Catherine and Kimber, Megan (2016). The purpose and place of mentoring for women managers in organisations: An Australian perspective. Handbook on well-being of working women. (pp. 225-241) edited by Mary L. Connerley and Jiyun Wu. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Dordrecht. doi: 10.1007/978-94-017-9897-6_14
Mercer, Louise, Kimber, Megan and Carrington, Suzanne (2015). Teaching reflection for service-learning. Teaching reflective learning in higher education: a systematic approach using pedagogic patterns. (pp. 153-169) Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-09271-3_11
Cranston, Neil, Ehrich, Lisa C. and Kimber, Megan (2014). Managing ethical dilemmas. Handbook of ethical educational leadership. (pp. 229-245) edited by Christopher M. Branson and Steven Jay Gross. New York, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203747582.ch15
Cranston, Neil, Ehrich, Lisa C. and Kimber, Megan (2014). Managing ethical dilemmas. Handbook of ethical educational leadership. (pp. 229-245) edited by Christopher M. Branson and Steven Jay Gross. New York, NY United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203747582
Journal Articles
Brown, Alice, Cohen, Jay, Lawrence, Jill, Redmond, Petrea, Foote, Stephanie and Kimber, Megan (2026). Online strategies instructors employ to support and enhance student engagement and learning in higher education. Online Learning, 30 (3), 377-401. doi: 10.24059/olj.v30i3.5032
Brown, Alice and Kimber, Megan (2026). Repositioning student voice and agency: a call for the epistemic expansion of scholarship of teaching and learning inquiry. Active Learning in Higher Education, 27 (2) 14697874261426374, 253-264. doi: 10.1177/14697874261426374
Williams, Kate E., Hayes, Nicole, Laurens, Kristin R., Kimber, Megan, Carrington, Suzanne, Spina, Nerida and Spooner-Lane, Rebecca (2025). A Decade of Elementary School Improvement Data: Documenting Longitudinal Associations Among Attendance, Suspension, School Climate, and Achievement. Improving Schools, 28 (1) 13654802251405912, 39-59. doi: 10.1177/13654802251405912
Wyatt-Smith, Claire and Kimber, Megan (2024). Teaching, learning and assessing in the ai-era: considering the framework for Generative AI in schools. The Australian Educational Leader, 46 (3), 14-19.
Volante, Louis, DeLuca, Christopher, Barnes, Nicole, Birenbaum, Menucha, Kimber, Megan, Koch, Martha, Looney, Anne, Poskitt, Jenny, Smith, Kari and Wyatt-Smith, Claire (2024). International trends in the implementation of assessment for learning revisited: Implications for policy and practice in a post-COVID world. Policy Futures in Education, 23 (1), 224-242. doi: 10.1177/14782103241255855
Willis, Jill, Adie, Lenore, Addison, Bruce and Kimber, Megan (2023). Students drawing conclusions about assessment to inform school change. Cambridge Journal of Education, 53 (6), 779-801. doi: 10.1080/0305764x.2023.2228224
Brown, A., Lawrence, J., Foote, S., Cohen, J., Redmond, P., Stone, C., Kimber, M. and Henderson, R. (2023). Educators' experiences of pivoting online: unearthing key learnings and insights for engaging students online. Higher Education Research and Development, 42 (7), 1593-1607. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2022.2157798
Spooner-Lane, Rebecca, Spina, Nerida, Carrington, Suzanne, Kimber, Megan and Williams, Kate E. (2022). How school leaders navigate the priority school support review process: an Australian case study. School Leadership and Management, 42 (3), 235-255. doi: 10.1080/13632434.2022.2071862
Carrington, Suzanne, Spina, Nerida, Kimber, Megan, Spooner-Lane, Rebecca and Williams, Kate E. (2022). Leadership attributes that support school improvement: a realist approach. School Leadership & Management, 42 (2), 151-169. doi: 10.1080/13632434.2021.2016686
Mergler, Amanda, Carrington, Suzanne, Boman, Peter, Kimber, Megan and Bland, Derek (2017). Exploring the value of service-learning on pre-service teachers. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 42 (6), 69-80. doi: 10.14221/ajte.2017v42n6.5
Mergler, Amanda, Carrington, Suzanne, Kimber, Megan and Bland, Derek (2016). Inclusive values: exploring the perspectives of pre-service teachers. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 41 (4), 20-38. doi: 10.14221/ajte.2016v41n4.2
Kimber, Megan and Ehrich, Lisa C. (2015). Are Australia's universities in deficit? A tale of generic managers, audit culture and casualisation. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 37 (1), 83-97. doi: 10.1080/1360080x.2014.991535
Kimber, Megan and Campbell, Marilyn (2014). Exploring ethical dilemmas for principals arising from role conflict with school counsellors. Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 42 (2), 207-225. doi: 10.1177/1741143213499259
Kimber, Megan (2012). Blogging the 2009 Queensland state election. Media International Australia, 145 (145), 75-85. doi: 10.1177/1329878x1214500109
Ehrich, Lisa Catherine, Kimber, Megan, Millwater, Jan and Cranston, Neil (2011). Ethical dilemmas: a model to understand teacher practice. Teachers and Teaching, 17 (2), 173-185. doi: 10.1080/13540602.2011.539794
Kimber, Megan and Ehrich, Lisa (2011). The democratic deficit and school-based management in Australia. Journal of Educational Administration, 49 (2), 179-199. doi: 10.1108/09578231111116725
Cranston, Neil, Kimber, Megan, Mulford, Bill, Reid, Alan and Keating, Jack (2010). Politics and school education in Australia: A case of shifting purposes. Journal of Educational Administration, 48 (2), 182-195. doi: 10.1108/09578231011027842
Pillay, Hitendra and Kimber, Megan (2009). Quality assurance in higher education: for whom and of what?. International Journal of Management in Education, 3 (3-4), 270-281. doi: 10.1504/ijmie.2009.027349
Cranston, Neil, Ehrich, Lisa and Kimber, Megan (2006). Ethical dilemmas: The 'bread' and 'butter' of educational leaders' lives. Journal of Educational Administration, 44 (2), 106-121. doi: 10.1108/09578230610652015
Lisa, Catherine, Cranston, Neil and Kimber, Megan (2004). Public sector managers and ethical dilemmas. Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, 10 (1), 25-37. doi: 10.5172/jmo.2004.10.1.25
Ehrich, Lisa Catherine, Cranston, Neil and Kimber, Megan (2004). Public sector managers and ethical dilemmas. Journal of Management and Organization, 10 (1), 25-37. doi: 10.1017/s1833367200004594
Kimber, Megan (2003). The tenured 'core' and the tenuous 'periphery': the casualisation of academic work in Australian universities. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 25 (1), 41-50. doi: 10.1080/13600800305738
Kimber, Megan and Maddox, Graham (2003). The Australian public service under the Keating government: a case of weakened accountability?. International Journal of Public Sector Management, 16 (1), 61-74. doi: 10.1108/09513550310456427
Cranston, Neil, Ehrich, Lisa and Kimber, Megan (2003). The 'right' decision? Towards an understanding of ethical dilemmas for school leaders. Westminster Studies in Education, 26 (2), 135-147. doi: 10.1080/0140672030260206
Wettenhall, R. and Kimber, M. (1997). One-stop shopping. Public Administration Review, 57 (5), 463-463. doi: 10.2307/3109994
Stewart, Jenny and Kimber, Megan (1996). The transformation of bureaucracy? Structural change in the commonwealth public service 1983-93. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 55 (3), 37-48. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.1996.tb01221.x
Conference Papers
Cranston, N. C., Ehrich, L. and Kimber, M. (2008). Understanding ethical dilemmas faced by school leaders: Examining the issues and the dynamics. ECER 2008, University of Gothenburg, 10 - 12 September, 2008. Gothenburg, Sweden: European Educational Research Association.
Cranston, Neil, Ehrich, Lisa and Kimber, Megan (2004). Right versus wrong and right versus right: Understanding ethical dilemmas faced by educational leaders. Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) International Conference, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 28 November - 2 December 2004. Coldstream, VIC Australia: AARE.
Cranston, Neil C., Ehrich, Lisa Catherine and Kimber, Megan (2004). Ethical Dilemmas faced by Organisational Leaders: Learnings From the Public Sector. The Fourth International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organisations, London, United Kingdom, 3 - 6 August, 2004.
Ehrich, L., Cranston, N. and Kimber, M. (2003). Muddling through ethical dilemmas for educational leaders: Towards an exploratory model. British Academy of Management Conference, Leeds, United Kingdom, 15-17 September 2003. Leeds, United Kingdom: Leeds Business School.
Newspaper Article
Wyatt-Smith, Claire and Kimber, Megan (2025, 10 18). If we want human-centred AI in schools, we need AI-literate teachers The Educator