The concern over the subject of quality judgement of qualitative research has led to the emergence of several varied positions. Whichever labels used in describing the positions, each has a distinctive character. To attempt to an understanding of the meaning of the quality criteria of validity, reliability and generalizability in qualitative research, this paper provides a review of relevant literature of recent years. To check on the extent of their reporting in research papers, a total of 15 accounting research recently published in top-ranked accounting journals have been selected. Except for one paper, the rest has failed to provide detailed discussion on the validity, reliability and generalizability of their research. But this would not necessarily mean that the concerned researchers have disregarded the aspects of validity, reliability and generalizability during the conduct of their research. Perhaps the only way to find out the truth is by asking the researchers themselves the relevant questions.

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This study aimed to investigate the relationship between school culture and teacher leadership. A total of 194 teachers from 22 primary schools were selected as respondents. A set of questionnaires were used as primary data collection and the data were analysed using descriptive statistics. The findings show that "teachers' professionalism and goal setting" is the dominant school culture dimensions. Whereas, "exemplify the best" and "being referenced leader" are the widely practiced teacher leadership features. The correlation analysis shows that there is a very strong and significant correlation between school culture and teacher leadership. The findings of this study can be used for in-service training in order to enhance teachers' professionalism.