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Leadership Behaviour and Effectiveness of Academic Program Directors in Australian Universities
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Vilkinas, Tricia; Ladyshewsky, Richard K. – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2012
This article focuses on leadership behaviour and effectiveness of university academic program directors who have responsibility for managing a program or course of study. The leadership capabilities were assessed using the Integrated Competing Values Framework as its theoretical foundation. Data from 90 academic program directors and 710…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Leadership, Leadership Effectiveness, Administrator Behavior
"Inspired and Assisted", or "Berated and Destroyed"? Research Leadership, Management and Performativity in Troubled Times
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Saltmarsh, Sue; Sutherland-Smith, Wendy; Randell-Moon, Holly – Ethics and Education, 2011
Research leadership in Australian universities takes place against a backdrop of policy reforms concerned with measurement and comparison of institutional research performance. In particular, the Excellence in Research in Australian initiative undertaken by the Australian Research Council sets out to evaluate research quality in Australian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Institutional Research, Work Environment
Individuals and Leadership in an Australian Secondary Science Department: A Qualitative Study
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Melville, Wayne; Wallace, John; Bartley, Anthony – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2007
In this article, we consider the complex and dynamic inter-relationships between individual science teachers, the social space of their work and their dispositions towards teacher leadership. Research into the representation of school science departments through individual science teachers is scarce. We explore the representations of four…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Science Departments, Science Teachers, Teacher Leadership
Effective Leadership in Higher Education: A Literature Review
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Bryman, Alan – Studies in Higher Education, 2007
This article is a review of the literature concerned with leadership effectiveness in higher education at departmental level. The literature derives from publications from three countries: the UK, the USA and Australia. Surprisingly little systematic research has been conducted on the question of which forms of leadership are associated with…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Leadership Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Leadership
A Comparison of Department Chair Tasks in Australia and the United States.
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Wolverton, Mimi; Gmelch, Walter H.; Wolverton, Marvin L.; Sarros, James C. – Higher Education, 1999
Compares how academic department chairs at colleges and universities in Australia and the U.S. define their tasks. Major differences noted include the propensity of U.S. chairs to think of soliciting ideas for departmental improvement as a long-term endeavor, whereas Australian chairs perceive of idea solicitation as an administrative task, and…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Comparative Education, Department Heads, Foreign Countries
Professional Leadership within Some South Australian High Schools.
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Maddock, John; Hyams, Bernard – Journal of Educational Administration, 1979
The results indicate that while the influence of the principal in professional matters tended to be greater than that of the deputy principals, it was less than that of the senior subject teachers. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Assistant Principals, Department Heads, Foreign Countries
Leadership and Academic Governance in a College of Advanced Education.
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O'Neill, A.; Wellard, R. – Journal of Educational Administration, 1986
Leadership was the primary issue when the Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences (Victoria, Australia) introduced academic governance regulations in 1978. The issue resurfaced in 1982, prompting a regulations review. This paper analyzes review findings and relates them to contemporary theory viewing leadership as a relationship between leaders and…
Descriptors: Department Heads, Foreign Countries, Governance, Higher Education