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Bottom-Up/Top-Down Leadership: Contradiction or Hidden Phenomenon
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Kezar, Adrianna – Journal of Higher Education, 2012
The study advances higher education leadership and change scholarship by examining a mostly unexplored area--the convergence between grassroots leadership with top-down leadership. The study is framed by two theories: tempered radicals framework and distributed leadership. Three common example of convergence are described as well as strategies for…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Leadership, College Administration, Scholarship
Thoughts on "A Statement of Rights for College Administrators"
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Mayhew, Lewis B. – Journal of Higher Education, 1971
Legitimacy of administrative decisionmaking must be restored and a climate of trust established between administrators, faculty and students. (IR)
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Policy, Administrator Responsibility, Civil Liberties
Presidential Searches and the Discovery of Organizational Goals.
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Birnbaum, Robert – Journal of Higher Education, 1988
The search for a leader is seen as a symbolic process through which institutional goals are discovered, political influence is negotiated, organizational values and myths are confirmed, uncertainty is reduced, and processes of choice are simplified. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Change, College Administration, College Presidents
Organizational Culture in Higher Education: Defining the Essentials.
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Tierney, William G. – Journal of Higher Education, 1988
A case study of a state college illustrating a framework to diagnose culture in collegiate institutions is presented. Organizational culture as a concept for understanding management and performance in higher education is explained, previous attempts to define culture in higher education are outlined, and essential elements of academic culture are…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Environment, Cultural Influences, Higher Education
Meeting Today's Governance Challenges: A Synthesis of the Literature and Examination of a Future Agenda for Scholarship
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Kezar, Adrianna; Eckel, Peter D. – Journal of Higher Education, 2004
Over the past four decades higher education institutions have faced increasing complexity related to governance (Berdahl, 1991; Birnbaum, 1988; Kezar, 2000; Leslie & Fretwell, 1996). In particular, institutions now face even greater competing priorities and demands to engage the community, business, and industry; to solve social problems and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Governance, Accountability, College Faculty
The Anonymous Leaders of Higher Education.
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Glenny, Lyman A. – Journal of Higher Education, 1979
Presidents and governing boards of institutions of higher education are shown to be leaders mainly in title and visibility. Internal limitations by technical staffs and the external power of accrediting agencies and state and federal governments are discussed. (Article originally published in 1972.) (AF)
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), College Administration, Decision Making, Federal Aid