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Academic Deans: An Analysis of Effective Academic Leadership at Research Universities.
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The article was published on 1993-04-15 and is currently open access. It has received 23 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Leadership style & Leadership studies.read more
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Tertiary education for the knowledge society
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the widespread recognition that tertiary education is a major driver of economic competitiveness in an increasingly knowledge-driven global economy has made high-quality tertiary learning more important than ever, and the imperative for countries is to raise higher-level employment skills, to sustain a globally competitive research base and to improve knowledge dissemination to the benefit of society.
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Academic leaders: made or born?
TL;DR: The concept of the learning organization as an organization which knows how to transform itself to meet changing circumstances defines specific roles for leaders as discussed by the authors and suggests that leadership style might change to accommodate changing and differing environments.
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An examination of the relationship between academic discipline and cognitive complexity in academic deans' administrative behavior
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the relationship between academic discipline and cognitive complexity in their administrative behavior and find that being from an applied field was a significant predictor while the influence of consensus was not significant, suggesting that the extent to which one is exposed to their particular disciplinary paradigms becomes more important than mere affiliation with a discipline.
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Disciplinary variation in preparation for the academic dean role
TL;DR: This article examined a sample of 210 academic deans in research and doctoral institutions in the United States to investigate the relationship between academic discipline and the preparation of deans for their leadership role.
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Herding Cats and Big Dogs: Tensions in the Faculty-Administrator Relationship
TL;DR: In this article, an assessment of the literature was undertaken to uncover evidence of the sources of tension in the relationship in three academic contexts where faculty and administrators interact: curriculum and teaching, academic entrepreneurship and research, and hiring, promotion and tenure, and reward systems.
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