scholarly journals Transformational leadership in merging higher education institutions: A case study

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Crispen Chipunza ◽  
Shungu A. Gwarinda
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Shared Vision ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Intellectual Stimulation ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Two Samples

Orientation: The use of transformational leadership in the implementation of merger and incorporation policy in the higher education sector is well documented in other parts of the world and not in countries in transition like South Africa.Research purpose: The objectives of this study were to establish an understanding of ‘transformational leadership’ and to determine the extent to which it was employed by leaders in an institution of higher education which had incorporated another institution.Motivations for the study: The study provides a starting point, not only for the successful implementation of higher education changes in the future but also the building of leadership commitment and alignment to the proposed changes in the sector as well as the development of institutional leadership teams to take responsibility for any other transformation processes.Research design, approach and method: The population of the study consisted of 350 full-time employees of the institution who had experienced the incorporation process. Two samples – one consisting of six executive management leaders and the other consisting of 153 employees – were used. Both qualitative and quantitative research approaches were employed using the case study method.Main findings: Results showed that transformational principles of idealised influence, intellectual stimulation, and inspirational motivation principles were used more than others and that employees were generally not satisfied with how the incorporation process had taken place.Practical/managerial implications: The results of the study affected the attitude and satisfaction of the employees in this study.Contribution/value-add: The study reveals that leaders in the institution played key roles such as shared vision, team work and the creation of an enabling environment. An important point that has emanated from this study is the evidence that during transformation, a lack of strategic direction and empowering of followers and capacitating them leads to dissatisfaction with the whole process, despite the transformation process being declared a success.

Transformational Islamic Leadership

2020 ◽  
pp. 76-91
Author(s):  
Diwi Abbas ◽  
Charlene Tan
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Shared Vision ◽  
Intellectual Stimulation ◽  
Religious Motivation ◽  
High Expectations ◽  
Individual Support ◽  
Major Implication ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Islamic Leadership

This chapter focuses on transformational Islamic leadership based on a case study of a madrasah in Singapore. The research findings underscore the significance of an Islamic leader in articulating and promoting a shared vision, demonstrating exemplary behavior, working towards group goals, rendering individual support, providing intellectual stimulation, and setting high expectations. A major implication is that Islamic leadership contributes to the existing literature on transformational leadership by highlighting the religious motivation, principles, and values for madrasah leaders.

TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN IMPROVING LECTURER PERFORMANCE AT MUHAMMADIYAH HIGHER

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-178
Author(s):  
Saipul Wakit ◽  
Indah Yuliana ◽  
Indah Yuliana
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Transformative Leadership ◽  
Intellectual Stimulation ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Technical Ability ◽  
Individual Consideration ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Transformational Leadership Style

The transformational leadership style in higher education has four indicators carried out by the rector. These indicators include exemplary attitudes, inspiring motivation, intellectual stimulation and the rector's consideration for lecturers. Practically, the purpose of this article is to find out how the rector provides examples, inspires motivation and individual considerations in improving the performance of lecturers at Muhammadiyah universities. The operational research method uses a qualitative approach with a phenomenological case study design. Data collection activities were carried out by means of observation, interviews with informants, and extracting information from documents. To ensure the validity of the research data, several methods are used, namely credibility, transferability, dependability and confirmability. The results of the study explain that transformative leadership in Muhammadiyah universities objectively has provided an example with several things that are applied in attitudes, ideas, behavior and performance. While motivation is carried out by the Chancellor of the lecturers in several ways, namely through behavior, technical ability, supervision and policy. In stimulating the intellectuals of lecturers in several ways, namely to think modern and relevant, think forward and continue to make changes as well as productive, innovative, creative in carrying out tasks and performance. In individual consideration, the Chancellor is more humane towards lecturers, both in the work environment and in the community.

scholarly journals The Transformational Leadership Practices of National Board Certified School Librarians in North Carolina

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly Hirsh
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Leadership Practices ◽  
Shared Vision ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
School Librarians ◽  
National Board ◽  
Teaching Standards ◽  
Professional Leadership ◽  
High Level

This study describes a questionnaire survey of school librarians in North Carolina who have received advanced certification from the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards. The survey was conducted to identify the transformational leadership practices of these school librarians and assess their ability to implement professional leadership guidelines. School librarians’ leadership practices were assessed using the Leadership Practices Inventory, 3rd Edition (LPI). School librarians perceived themselves as possessing a high level of transformational leadership in the five exemplary practices identified by the LPI: Modeling the Way (MTW), Inspiring a Shared Vision (ISV), Challenging the Process (CTP), Enabling Others to Act (EOA) and Encouraging the Heart (ETH). They perceived themselves as being very strong at MTW and EOA. They were less successful at ISV and CTP. Overall, they were very successful in implementing professional leadership guidelines. Successful implementation of these guidelines was highly correlated with ISV and CTP.

scholarly journals Playful Interactions between Twins with Autism and Teachers and Peers: a Case Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Μaria Antonios Kypriotaki ◽  
Maria Eleftherios Markodimitraki
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Dyadic Interactions ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Video Recordings ◽  
Solitary Play ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Etiological Heterogeneity

The purpose of the present analytically structured empirical case study was to explore the interactions which twins display during playing with their teachers and peers in a Special Nursery Unit. Two 5.5-year-old twin brothers with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)  participated in this study, along with two teachers and seven non-typically developing peers. Non participant observations were made for four full-time school days in four consecutive weeks. We observed the frequency, initiations, and duration of playful interactions in a naturalistic context. Results derived from the analysis of video-recordings and documents from the school service records indicate that twin brothers with autism take initiative in order to become interactive partners in their dyadic play with their non-typically developing peers although, when so, interactions do not last longer. In twins’ dyadic interactions with their teachers, they never take the initiative to any playful interaction. There are also indications that twin brothers are engaged in interactive rather than solitary play. Findings provide a starting point for a new approach of the twin situation and the extraordinary etiological heterogeneity of ASD in terms of Innate Intersubjectivity Theory. 

Neoliberal Technocracy and Opposition Exams for Hiring Tenured Full-Time Professors in a Mexican Public University

2020 ◽  
pp. 132-158
Author(s):  
Silvia Karla Fernández Marín ◽  
Florencia Peña-Saint-Martin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Public University ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Female Candidate ◽  
Neoliberal Policies ◽  
Formal Procedures

In this chapter, the introduction of technocratic neoliberal policies in Mexico, starting in the mid-1980s, and their repercussions in higher education are analyzed. Special focus is set on its negative consequences for hiring tenured full-time professors at public universities. A case study from a public university is used to demonstrate how suppressing candidates and arbitrarily favoring others through sham dealing are almost part of the formal procedures now. This case was used because access to all the documentation was granted, and it was possible to interview in depth a female candidate who was suppressed twice. Unfortunately, experiencing suppression, workplace bullying, and mobbing for some candidates is almost the norm now. Also, when suppressed, they are left in a powerless position with almost no resources to confront injustice.

Transformational leadership – an academic case study

2014 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 150-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.S. Rao
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Visionary Leadership ◽  
Academic Excellence ◽  
Intellectual Stimulation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Idealized Influence ◽  
Academic Leader ◽  
Inspirational Motivation

Purpose – The purpose is to present a case study on transformational leadership. Design/methodology/approach – It adopts the 4 I's of Bernard M. Bass, the leadership researcher – individualized consideration, intellectual stimulation, inspirational motivation and idealized influence. Findings – It emphasizes that leaders have to act according to the situation, with more emphasis on transformational leadership, for motivating their people and institutions to achieve their goals and objectives. Practical implications – It stresses the importance of accepting feedback and making bold decisions, to ensure the longevity of an academic institution and achieve academic excellence. Social implications – It provides an example of a passionate academic leader who leads from the front through his visionary leadership. Originality/value – It describes how to turn around an educational institution through academic leadership.

Determining improvement needs in higher education benchmarking

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Asif
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Quality Initiatives ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Purpose – A critical step in all benchmarking methodologies is “to determine what to benchmark.” Although benchmarking methodologies have been noted in the literature, the need has arisen for the development of structured approaches to determine priority improvement needs. The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework for determining improvement needs in higher education benchmarking. Design/methodology/approach – The paper makes use of the analytic hierarchy process to develop a framework. The application of the framework is demonstrated through a case study. Findings – The framework discussed in this paper is consensus-based, allows different viewpoints to be integrated, and promotes input to and ownership of the decision making process and its outcomes. The feedback of the participants confirmed the usefulness of the approach. Practical implications – The previous research has established that determining improvement needs in benchmarking was mostly unsystematic and ad hoc based. And failures in precisely determining improvement needs can result in a lack of alignment between processes to be benchmarked and strategic priorities of higher education institutions (HEIs). The developed framework can help determine priority improvement needs aligned with the strategic priorities of the HEI. Originality/value – Since continual improvement is an essential element of all quality initiatives, the framework provides a starting point for benchmarking as well as other improvement initiatives such as total quality management.

scholarly journals Entrepreneurial Intention before and during COVID-19—A Case Study on Portuguese University Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 273
Author(s):  
João M. Lopes ◽  
Sofia Gomes ◽  
Tânia Santos ◽  
Márcio Oliveira ◽  
José Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Social Stability ◽  
New Public ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Quantitative Nature

The present research aims to compare the entrepreneurial intention of university students before and during the Covid-19 pandemic. For this purpose, some dimensions were analyzed, such as the availability of this target audience to undertake an activity at their own risk, the preference for a future while employed by others, their perception of the values that society places on entrepreneurship, and the entrepreneurial abilities/skillsets. A comparative study of a quantitative nature was used, associating two samples composed of students of higher education in Portugal, the data were obtained before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis of the results permits us to conclude: (1) in the circumstances of macroeconomic changes resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, entrepreneurial activity does not decrease; (2) respondents are less interested in being employed by others and more attracted to being entrepreneurs; (3) there is a growing concordance with the values that society places on entrepreneurship; and (4) there is now a greater aptitude for entrepreneurial activity. The present research is original, as it compares data obtained in different contexts of economic and social stability. It contributes to theory and practice, in the sense that it points to conclusions in the opposite direction of other studies carried out in situations of disasters of another nature, and can serve as a reference for the development of strategies to promote entrepreneurship, within higher education institutions and official entities to publicize and promote new public policies.

scholarly journals The Technology Acceptance Model in the Collaborative Learning of Web 2.0, Web 3.0 and Web 4.0: Higher Education Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Technology Acceptance Model ◽  
Web 3.0 ◽  
Clay Bricks ◽  
Cigarette Butts ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
The World ◽  
Acceptance Model

Cigarette filters are one of the most littered objects in the world that damage the environment. Incorporation in construction bricks offers the prospect of limiting damage and solves the recyclability problem for a typical non-biodegradable waste. This paper aims to explore that prospect, by adding cigarette filters in the production of two samples of fired clay bricks with the cigarette filters comprising 5% and 10% of the volume. The mixing and molding processes were done manually which had an effect on the bricks when tested, The results of testing were corresponding with those of previous studies (outside Egypt), however, only one sample of 5% Cigarette butts volume bricks complied with the Egyptian standards for bricks used in non-load bearing uses. The industrial production of these bricks is highly recommended as it will surpass the required Egyptian standards, save a significant amount of natural resources and eliminate cigarette waste.

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