Rethinking the "L" Word in Higher Education: The Revolution of Research on Leadership: ASHE Higher Education Report, Volume 31, Number 6 - Softcover

Kezar, Adrianna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0787986771 ISBN 13: 9780787986773

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2006

Synopsis

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 away from being leader-centered, individualistic, hierarchical, focused on universal characteristics, and emphasizing power over followers. Instead, a new vision has emerged: leadership that is process-centered, collective, context-bound, non-hierarchical, and focused on mutual power and influence processes.

This volume summarizes research and literature about new conceptualizations of leadership to inform practice.

This is volume 31, number 6, of the ASHE Higher Education Report, a bi-monthly journal published by Jossey-Bass.

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About this title

About the Author

Adrianna J. Kezar is associate professor of higher education at the University of Southern California. Her research focuses on change, leadership, organizational theory, governance, and diversity issues in higher education

Rozanna Carducci is a doctoral student in the Division of higher Education and Organizational Change, University of California, Los Angeles. Her research focuses on leadership in student affairs, organizational studies of higher education, and critical methodology.

Melisaa Contreras-McGavin is a doctoral candidate in higher education policy at the University of Southern California. Her research interests include critical race theory and organizational change related to race in higher education.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0787986771
• ISBN 13: 9780787986773
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240