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Seasons Of Presidential Leadership: A Mixed-Methods Study Contributing To A Theory On Insitutional Cycles In Higher Education, Roger G. Christensen
Seasons Of Presidential Leadership: A Mixed-Methods Study Contributing To A Theory On Insitutional Cycles In Higher Education, Roger G. Christensen
College of Education and Human Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
SEASONS OF PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP: A MIXED-METHODS STUDY CONTRIBUTING TO A THEORY ON INSTITUTIONAL CYCLES IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Roger G. Christensen, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska, 2007
Advisor: Sheldon L. Stick
Studying higher education leadership is particularly useful when considered at different periods of an institution’s history; the kind of leader needed to head a major college or university will be different during different time periods. An important factor in identifying a leader for any institution is finding one qualified to lead during a particular stage of institutional development. Neff and Leondar (1992) stated that deriving presidential criteria from an appraisal of …