ERIC Number: EJ1151617
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Publication Date: 2017
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Contextualizing Distributed Leadership in Higher Education
Sewerin, Thomas; Holmberg, Robert
Higher Education Research and Development, v36 n6 p1280-1294 2017
This case study of development in a technical university situates distributed leadership in higher education in an organizational perspective. Analysis of documentation from development programs and interviews with 10 faculty members showed that leadership practices were related to different institutional logics prominent in four key activities in this specific university: education, research, formal organization and boundary-spanning cross-scientific environments. A shared understanding of these logics was accompanied with a reported increase in organizational understanding and leadership awareness that helped establish collaboration and sensemaking. Furthermore, we show that the theory of logic multiplicity provides a way to analyze previously neglected aspects of power, tensions, context and the practical relevance of the concept of distributed leadership.
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Faculty, Leadership Styles, Leadership Responsibility, Power Structure, Participative Decision Making, College Administration, Foreign Countries, Leadership Training, Inquiry, Focus Groups, Models, Heuristics, Case Studies, Semi Structured Interviews
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Europe
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