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A genuine career or impossible heroism? Experiencing the role of the Head of School: an Australian case study
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Stratford, E, A genuine career or impossible heroism? Experiencing the role of the Head of School: an Australian case study, Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management., 34, (3) pp. 225-238. ISSN 1360-080X (2012) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2012 Association for Tertiary Education Management and the LH Martin Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Management
DOI: doi:10.1080/1360080X.2012.678732
Abstract
Studies since the mid-1980s suggest that university heads of schools experience the role as a series of tensions between enlightenment and enterprise-building agendas. It is apparent that the headship requires skills in management and capacities in leadership not necessarily furnished via typical academic pathways. In such light, the present investigation asks could the headship be different, given evidence that scholarly productivity and professional satisfaction are often compromised, even where heads value the role and demonstrate effective leadership? My aim is to contribute to the study of leadership and management in higher education; interpret discourses generated about the experience of the headship; analyse how the role is constituted and bounded; and explore how it might be transformed. Focusing on understandings of the headship at the University of Tasmania, Australia, the work is contextualised to experiences elsewhere, and should have salience across the sector.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | headship, leadership, management, professional satisfaction, scholarship, transformation |
Research Division: | Education |
Research Group: | Education systems |
Research Field: | Higher education |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in human society |
UTAS Author: | Stratford, E (Professor Elaine Stratford) |
ID Code: | 78663 |
Year Published: | 2012 |
Deposited By: | Geography and Environmental Studies |
Deposited On: | 2012-07-17 |
Last Modified: | 2018-03-19 |
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