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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 28
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-5748
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Re/Thinking Practices of Power: The Discursive Framing of Leadership in "The Chronicle of Higher Education"
Allan, Elizabeth J.; Gordon, Suzanne P.; Iverson, Susan V.
Review of Higher Education, v30 n1 p41-68 Fall 2006
This article examines how discourses of leadership reflect and produce particular perceptions about leaders and leadership in higher education. An analysis of 103 articles published by "The Chronicle of Higher Education" between 2002 and 2003 reveal four predominant discourses shaping images of leaders: autonomy, relatedness, masculinity, and professionalism. These discourses construct images of leaders as experts, beneficiaries, heroes, tyrants, negotiators, and facilitators. This article discusses how these leadership images align with modalities of power.
Descriptors: Higher Education, Leadership, Journal Articles, Periodicals, Discourse Analysis, Power Structure
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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