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Heffernan, Troy; Bosetti, Lynn – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2023
Bullying in higher education institutions amongst staff is an evolving area of research that has been examined from multiple perspectives, but significant scholarly voids remain. This paper examines the views of 20 faculty deans and their experiences with bullying and the hostility of workplace incivility. The paper examines what bullying looks…
Descriptors: Deans, Bullying, Antisocial Behavior, Experience
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Tanja Hautala; Jaakko Helander; Vesa Korhonen – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2024
In educational organizations, the teaching staff has traditionally had a lot of influence on the content of their work and the pedagogy. Within the last two decades, changes in educational organizations can be defined as the shift from this administrative loose coupling toward tight, more managerial coupling. This study utilizes a qualitatively…
Descriptors: Universities, Colleges, Administrative Organization, College Faculty
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Shaheen, Sadia; Abrar, Muhammad; Saleem, Sharjeel; Shabbir, Rizwan; Zulfiqar, Sehar – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2023
Organizational cronyism is described as a relationship, companionship, and friendship based favoring. There are a number of examples regarding the existence of organizational cronyism in the workplace. However, there are a few empirical studies on this most observable fact and its consequences specifically in the higher education sector.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Work Environment, Organizational Culture
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Smith, Natesha; Fredricks-Lowman, Imani – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2020
Despite the breadth of literature on destructive leadership styles and its impact on organizational culture, mission, and people, there has been sparse research specifically looking at toxic leadership, a more complex and comprehensive destructive leadership style in college/university settings. With the introduction of the term 'toxic leadership'…
Descriptors: Work Environment, Conflict, Leadership Styles, Higher Education
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BinBakr, Maha B.; Ahmed, Eman I. – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2019
Objective: The purpose of the present paper is to examine the role of gender as a potential determinant of high-involvement work processes (HIWP) and organizational commitment (OC) in higher education institutions in Saudi Arabia. The study further examines the relationship between the female faculty's involvement in work processes and…
Descriptors: Women Faculty, Gender Differences, Work Environment, Higher Education
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Adewale, Adebayo Saheed; Ghavifekr, Simin – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2019
Education is the cornerstone of national development. Higher education institutions are responsible for producing skilled manpower needed to attain sustainable economic, social and technological development. In order to make higher education institutions responsive and productive, effective leadership is needed. Leader's self-efficacy plays a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership Effectiveness, Self Efficacy, College Faculty
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Uusiautti, Satu – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2013
Interest in human experiences, especially positive experiences, has been increasing ever since positive psychology gained a foothold in public attention. In this research, higher education administrators from Finland and the USA ("N"?=?13) were asked to describe positive or successful situations or chains of events in which their…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Caring, Administrator Attitudes, Success