Both loved and despised: Uncovering a process of collective contestation in leadership identification

Organization ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 236-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milorad M. Novicevic ◽  
David R. Marshall ◽  
John Humphreys ◽  
Chad Seifried
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Social Identification ◽  
Racial Integration ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Moral Conviction ◽  
Social Endorsement

Our critical examination of James Meredith’s leadership during the racial integration of higher education in the early 1960s reveals an important, missing companion to social endorsement in the leadership construction process: social contestation. Through the lens of moral conviction theory and using a combined ANTi-History/Microhistorical method, we analyzed over 250 letters written to James Meredith by opponents undergoing a process of social identification leading to collective hate and opposition of Meredith’s defiance to racial norms. Their shared moral conviction that what Meredith was doing was ‘evil’ worked in conjunction with the collective social endorsement of supporters to cement Meredith as a polemic leader of the racial integration movement and affect his leadership style. Therefore, leadership construction processes triggered by actors in defiance are underscored by both shared social endorsement and contestation.

Organic Leadership Style and Employee Engagement: The Mediating Effect of Social Relevance of Work in Context of Faculty Members in Higher Education

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
G.P. Dang ◽  
Puneet Basur
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Social Relevance ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Operational Excellence

Leadership Style has been since long acknowledged by management scholars as being an important subject in relation to organizational executions and outcome. An effective leadership would not only be able to prevent job stress and burnout among group members, but would also be successful in enhancing the motivation and engagement of the employees. It has been widely accepted that operational excellence in an organization can only be maintained through engaged employees. In this study the researchers have strived to enhance the understanding of the complex relationship between the organic leadership style and the engagement level of the employees and to further comprehend the mediating role of social relevance of work in association of the two constructs i.e. leadership style and employee engagement, in context of faculty members in higher education sector.

Improving Intergroup Relations in Higher Education: A Critical Examination of the Influence of Educational Interventions on Racial Bias

2004 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 473-524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark E. Engberg
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Intergroup Relations ◽  
Intervention Studies ◽  
Racial Bias ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
Student Change ◽  
And Training

This study examines the influence of various educational interventions in higher education on students’ racial bias. The author reviews studies in four principle domains: multicultural courses, diversity workshops and training, peer-based interventions, and service-based interventions. He pays particular attention to the varied approaches, measures, and research designs used to assess the effectiveness of interventions. He concludes with specific recommendations for improving the quality of intervention studies, suggests a conceptual model for explaining student change, and points out gaps in the extant knowledge base. An appendix provides an overview of racial bias measures used in the reviewed studies.

scholarly journals Stress, Leadership Style and Internal Communication Among Teachers of a Higher Education Institution

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 518
Author(s):  
Maurício Benício Valadão ◽  
Valdir Inácio Do Prado Júnior ◽  
Sebastião Benício Costa Neto
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Internal Communication ◽  
Private Institution ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
The City ◽  
Do So

This article aimed to understand the relation stress, leadership style and internal communication between management and teachers of a higher education private institution in the city of Goiânia-GO. To achieve this, the exploratory method was used, relying on the contribution of such teachers in a focal group. Through the results found, it is understood that the institution must elaborate a number of considerations towards the relation stress and internal communication. To do so, it is highlighted: the comprehension that the lack of a well structured internal communication fosters stress; and the use of strategies that contribute to the implementation of an effective internal communication. Estresse, Estilo de Liderança e Comunicação Interna entre Docentes de uma Instituição de Ensino Superior Este artigo buscou compreender a relação estresse, estilo de liderança e comunicação interna entre chefia e docentes de uma instituição de ensino superior privada na cidade Goiânia-GO. Para a sua consecução foi utilizado o método exploratório, contando com a contribuição dos docentes em um grupo focal. Por meio dos resultados encontrados, entende-se que a instituição deve elaborar um conjunto de considerações acerca da relação estresse e comunicação interna. Para tanto, destacam-se: a compreensão de que a falta de uma comunicação interna bem estruturada fomenta o estresse; e a utilização de estratégias que contribuam para a implementação de uma comunicação interna efetiva.

scholarly journals MAGNETIZING THE INTEREST AND RETENTION OF LECTURER IN PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 120
Author(s):  
Nasir Nasir
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Private Universities ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
Private Higher Education ◽  
Key Informant ◽  
Gathering Data

Education This study aimed to explore the strategy to maintain lecturers, particularly in private higher education. It is important because the growth of private universities makes qualified lecturers contested. Responding to that crisis, leaders imposed to construct a strategy to keep them. The required data were collected by interviewing selected respondents determined by the key informant. The instrument used in gathering data was a semi-structured interview. The data then analyzed with the inductive model by Miles, Huberman, & Saldana. The result of the study reveals that: higher education should respond to what is prompting lecturers to move. They must take responsibility for every lecturer resigning and to intervene immediately to find out the reasons that make the lecturer to resign. In terms of the strategy to counter the lecturer’s switch out, the researcher constructed a strategy to magnetize them to remain through concerning more seriously on some aspects, for instance: payment, leadership style, career development, conducive-work life, adequate well-resourced libraries, recognition, and workload. All these efforts addressed to motivate them in working then decide to remain in the institution. Lastly, the researcher also recommends to others to test the conclusion by applying a quantitative approach

Leadership Style Toward Competitive Advantage Of Business Education

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-50
Author(s):  
Rovila El Maghviroh
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Transactional Leadership ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Administrative Staff ◽  
Transactional And Transformational Leadership

AbstractLeadership style used in a higher education institution affects the competence-based performance of the lecturers and the administrative staff. In turn, their performance will affect the institution performance. So, leadership style influences the institution toward strengthening its strategy to sustain. This study examined the transactional and transformational leadership styles toward the lecturers and the administrative staff of STIE Perbanas Surabaya. Transformational leadership was measured using ideal, inspirational, and intellectual stimuli; while transactional leadership was measured using exceptional management and contingency reward. The indicators used to measure the lecturers' performance were on teaching, module, research, civil services, IT, English; while for administrative staff were integrity, service, professionalism, learning, adaptation, documenting, English. The survey involved 32 lecturers and 31 administrative staff. The data was collected using questionnaire and was statistically analyzed using multiple regressions. The result was that transformational leadership significantly influenced both the lecturers and the administrative staff, while transactional leadership did not affect both the lecturers and the administrative staff. The implication was that the top management can set strategies of putting motivation of all organization members in the frame of improving their competence thus this will help the institution grow and sustain.

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