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Spring 2014
Abstract Public education in Alberta is undergoing substantive change and there is renewed interest in how school superintendents make decisions. My inquiry came from a practitioner’s perspective looking into superintendent’s decision-making processes. Eight serving school superintendents were...
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Effective Leadership Characteristics and Behaviours for Female Department Chairs in Higher Education in Saudi Arabia
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Leadership in higher education is fundamental for institutional development and sustainability in today’s rapidly changing world. The academic department is a fundamental unit for transforming the university's visions and goals into reality. In contrast, higher education undervalues...
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Fall 2016
This study explored the following question: How do female educational leaders experience educational leadership? The research focused on the practices of three female educational leaders and explored their perspectives over a period of single school year. I gathered data using one-on-one...
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Informal Learning at Work: Examining How Managers in the Public Sector Learn Informally in the Workplace
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Some of an organizationâs most valuable resources are their managers since they have a core function in directing and influencing strategy, controlling resources, and monitoring employee performance (Storey, 1989). It is unclear how managers learn to become managers as well as how, when, and...
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Fall 2019
In a move to better meet patient needs and address health services challenges, there are global changes occurring in the fundamental way health services are provided and managed. Health systems are faced with sustainability issues, political uncertainty, fiscal constraints, and challenges of...
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Spring 2010
The purpose of this study was to explore how university department chairs, or equivalent, perceive leadership as it relates to the context of online curriculum delivery in higher education. Three research areas guided the study: (a) nature and context of online environment and how it impacts the...
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Stories of Faculty who Served as Academic Administrators: Career-Life Experiences and Academic Identities of five Associate Deans
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Deans, chairs, associate deans, and associate chairs are, as academic administrators, at the nexus of the university organization. Much has been written on educational leadership theory and practice and on organizational theory, management, and behaviour. I have come to wonder, though, what the...