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ERIC Number: ED655492
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 132
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 979-8-5970-9652-0
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A Qualitative Case Study on How Transformational Leadership Influences Civility among Faculty
Heather Anne Bunce
ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, Northcentral University
The act of incivility frequently occurs in higher education, and the effects are detrimental to the faculty's health. The purpose of this study, guided by the Element of Transformational Leadership Influencing Civility and Wellbeing theory that when leaders provide a shared vision, connection, empowerment, and encouraged growth, was to investigate how transformational leaders influence civility among faculty. The use of NVivo software assisted in analyzing the answers to interview questions from both transformational leaders and their faculty in this is qualitative exploratory case study. This study focused on how faculty perceive their work environment and how transformational leaders influence civility and incivility. The study's results demonstrated that under transformational leadership, faculty felt valued and enjoyed their work. Additionally, acts of building an inclusive team, good communication, and creating collaborative work environments created civility among faculty. Moreover, despite faculty not perceiving incivility while working for transformational leaders, leaders felt actions such as concealment of information and having too many choices caused frustrations that led to incivility. The implications of these results are that leaders should regularly value and challenge faculty. Additionally, to prevent incivility from impairing the group, leaders should consider how concealing information from faculty affects the group and reminding faculty that examining all concepts brings the best ideas and takes time to accomplish. Future researchers should consider examining how leaders influence incivility so these actions can be prevented. Additionally, future studies on this topic should be conducted without snowball sampling and providing the questions before the interviews for more significant results. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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