Rethinking the "L" word in higher education : the revolution in research on leadership / Adrianna J. Kezar, Rozana Carducci, Melissa Contreras-McGavin.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Kezar, Adrianna J.

Contributor:

• Carducci, Rozana.
• Contreras-McGavin, Melissa.

Series:

• ASHE higher education report ; v. 31, no. 6.
• ASHE higher education report, 1551-6970 ; v. 31, no. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Educational leadership--United States.
• Educational leadership.
• United States.
• Education, Higher--United States--Administration.
• Education, Higher.
• Administration.

Physical Description:

xvii, 218 pages ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Subtitle on cover: Revolution of research on leadership

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass, [2006]

Summary:

In these times of change and challenge in higher education, pleas for leadership have become frequent. However, the type of leadership required within this new context (of globalization, demographic changes, technological advancement, and questioning of social authority) may call for different skills, requiring a re-education among campus stakeholders if they want to be successful leaders. In the past twenty years, there has been a revolution in the way that leadership is conceptualized across most fields and disciplines. Leadership has moved from being leader-centered, individualistic, hierarchical, focused on universal characteristics, and emphasizing power over followers to a new vision: leadership that is process-centered, collective, context-bound, nonhierarchical, and focused on mutual power and influence processes. This volume summarizes research and literature about new conceptualizations of leadership to inform practice.

Contents:

• The revolution in leadership
• A world apart: new paradigms of leadership
• A world anew: the latest theories of leadership
• Revolutionary concepts of leadership
• Higher education leadership in the new world
• Revolutionary leadership concepts in higher education
• Practical implications for the leadership revolution
• Framing leadership research in a new era
• Notes
• Appendix: three case studies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-207) and indexes.

ISBN:

• 0787986771
• 9780787986773

OCLC:

68620664

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