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Emerging Definitions Of Leadership In Higher Education, Pamela L. Eddy, Kim E. Vanderlinden
Emerging Definitions Of Leadership In Higher Education, Pamela L. Eddy, Kim E. Vanderlinden
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The higher education literature suggests that alternative leadership styles are replacing the traditionally held definitions of leadership and provide new and different (and possibly superior) ways to understand leadership. This article looks for parallels within the current leadership literature to see if community college administrators use the alternative language or emerging definitions of leadership to self-describe their own leadership or if their self-descriptions fit the more traditional hierarchical ideal of the positional or "hero" leader.
Nested Leadership: The Interpretation Of Organizational Change In A Multicollege System, Pamela L. Eddy
Nested Leadership: The Interpretation Of Organizational Change In A Multicollege System, Pamela L. Eddy
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College leaders serve important roles as guides for campus understanding during times of change. Within multicollege districts, campus members deal with several levels of leadership, ranging from department chairs, to the college president, to the system chancellor. These leaders may send conflicting messages regarding change, or have competing end goals for change. The research reported here sought to investigate the influence of the system chancellor on change initiatives at the individual colleges within the system. Findings from this investigation concluded that leadership within the system was nested, whereby the overall direction of change came from the chancellor, and was replicated …