Book Chapters
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
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, NY United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203747582
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
Journal Articles
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 13654802251405912, 1-21. doi: 10.1177/13654802251405912
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
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), 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
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
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
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.