The Internal Conflicts of Undergraduate Students Regarding Effective Leadership Practices

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel A. Collier ◽  
David M. Rosch
Author(s):  
Camilla Ellehave ◽  
Erin Wilson Burns ◽  
Dave Ulrich

This chapter offers insight into how change and uncertainty challenges effective leadership practices and offers guidance on how leaders can successfully lead in uncertain times. It adds to the existing field of studies by offering leaders a framework and specific ways to understand and consequently embrace and harness uncertainty. With the turmoil of 2020 as backdrop, effective leaders will need to master 3 tasks: 1) to pace the changes to which their teams are exposed, 2) to shape how changes are perceived by their team, and 3) to manage the team's emotional reactions to change. As leaders envision the future, guide choices, tame apprehension, regulate expectations, experiment nimbly, and collaborate frequently, they will be able to channel the pressures of change to create positive outcomes for their teams and organizations. More importantly, organizations that create routines and processes that encourage, develop, and enable these behaviors internally will lead in a world where customer needs, employee demands, and shareholder expectations are continuously evolving.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-228
Author(s):  
Sydney Freeman Jr. ◽  
Robert Palmer

Anchored in the anti-deficit approach, this manuscript investigated perceptions of effective leadership practices of presidents at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). This manuscript provides a unique contribution to the literature by utilizing a general qualitative research approach to learn from a diverse set of voices of leaders and scholars within this sector that serve in various roles (e.g., Deans, Vice Presidents, and scholars) or who study leadership at these institutions. The study found that effective leaders at HBCUs generally have success across two categories — experiential skills and professional knowledge. This study adds to the paucity of literature in this area by expanding and complicating our understanding of effective leadership practices of presidents at HBCUs.


2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kennedy Musamali ◽  
Barbara N. Martin

<p>Examined within this paper are effective leadership practices across two cultures. Specifically, this study examined the relationship between cultural competency and effective leadership practices in higher education institutions. A quantitative design was used to investigate and compare effective practices of educational leaders in two distinct cultures, Kenya and the United States. Kouzes and Posner’s (2002) conceptual framework was used to examine effective leadership practices while the cultural intelligence conceptual framework developed by Earley and Ang (2003) was utilized to assess the influence of culture on effective leadership. A significant correlation was found between effective leadership practices and cultural intelligence. The results have implication for leadership practices in higher education settings across cultures.</p>


2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Kennedy A. Musamali

While many studies have examined effective leadership, few studies have examined effective leadership practices in higher educational settings (Braun, Nazlic, Weisweiler, Pawlowska, Peus and Frey, 2009; Bryman, 2007; Spendlove, 2007; Vilkinas and Ladyshewsky, 2011). In addition, far fewer studies have examined the relationship between cultural competencies and effective leadership skills in higher education (Smith and Hughey, 2006; Tang et al., 2011; Walker and Dimmock, 1999). In this study, a quantitative research approach was used to compare educational leaders from top ranked public universities in the midwestern state of Missouri in the United States to their counterparts in Kenya. The aim of the study was to examine whether there were any significant differences in how effective leadership was practiced in these two cultures. This study also examined the relationship between effective leadership and cultural competencies. Knowledge gained from the study was expected to facilitate a better understanding of effective leadership practices across cultures and provide insight on ways to advance, train, and develop cross-cultural leadership competencies in higher education settings."


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