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Pablo Lopez – ProQuest LLC, 2024
A system-wide training program in a large, urban public library system is sought relating to library administration's expectations of branch manager roles in the field while developing library leaders. This study employed a qualitative phenomenological methodology to investigate branch manager perspectives on the needs of front-facing managers and…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Management Development, Urban Areas, Public Libraries
A. Peter Nicholson III – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Research has shown that students of color continue to lag behind their White peers on standardized test scores and rates of college graduation (Gardner-Neblett et al., 2023) and that exclusionary discipline practices have contributed to this disparity and create negative outcomes for students (Bottiani et al., 2023; Cruz et al., 2021). Subjective…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Bias
Curtis L. Cobbins – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study focused on the critical intersection of workforce development and innovation engineering management within the Nevada System of Higher Education. The research problem centers on the lack of expertise in innovation engineering management roles when developing workforce development programs, contributing to a widening skills gap and the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Engineering, Labor Force Development, Work Attitudes
Karen Marie Ward – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study examined next generation business officers' (NGBOs) perceptions of their readiness for assuming the chief business officer role (CBO). Originally created in 1920, the CBO role has changed over the decades in response to changes in the higher education landscape. Once thought of as the person in the back office keeping the books, the CBO…
Descriptors: Administrators, Business, Administrator Role, Readiness
Jason K. Coker – ProQuest LLC, 2024
There is a growing interest and attention for organizations to move from a shareholder capitalist to stakeholder capitalist business model, in which delivering environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance is becoming more pronounced. Because of this transition, there is growing pressure for managers at all levels to act in sustainable,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Management Development, Administrators, Leadership Qualities
Zachary Duberstein – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The cornerstone of transformational leadership is vision. For our school leaders to act as more than middle managers, they have to foster a school community's vision--cultivate the school community's direction and purpose. This qualitative study uses semi-structured interviews with school leaders and following focus groups with their teachers to…
Descriptors: Transformational Leadership, Position Papers, Strategic Planning, Principals
Elida Balboa De Leon – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This research study employed qualitative methodology, and the form of inquiry used was portraiture. Portraiture is rooted in the methodology of qualitative inquiry known as phenomenology; however, portraiture is distinct in that it intentionally includes diverse audiences through a fusion of art and science, while encapsulating the connection…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Females, Management Development, Leadership Role
Christina L. Wynn – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Through the lens of the leadership identify development theory (LIDT), this exploratory case study addressed how managers in Northeastern community colleges assessed management readiness and the systems in place for the growth and development of technical employees who move into managerial roles. The study consisted of open-ended interviews with…
Descriptors: Middle Management, Community Colleges, Career Readiness, Management Development
Cirian Villavicencio – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Throughout the United States as well as in California, relatively few Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) serve in leadership positions in four-year universities. This research uses a qualitative phenomenological approach that examines the lived experiences of AAPI administrators in four-year public and private higher education…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, College Administration, Universities
Mary Francis Benzo – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Research on principal leadership is extensive; however, studies suggest such research cannot be generalized across all contexts, as educational leaders' needs are a result of the specific context in which they work. Since there is limited research on principal leadership in the Dominican Republic (DR), the country can benefit from current and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Schools, Beginning Principals, Administrator Attitudes
Mooney, Troy Adam – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The current study explored the perceptions of charter school principals about the charter principal role, the support needed by charter principals, and the preparation of charter school principals. Qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews using the Nvivo 12 software suite was used to analyze participant responses and reveal themes for…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Charter Schools
Tutt, Dana V. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The role of the principal has changed over the years from manager to instructional leader. School principal's responsibilities have increased and are often required to lead educational programs under a growing number of local and federal accountability structures and mandates (Wallace, 2012). With the recent change in the state and local school…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Instructional Leadership, Educational Policy, Alignment (Education)
Knirk, Brian Doyle – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The community college system is beginning to see waves of retirements at all levels of the administrative structure. These retirements, in conjunction with expected growth in administrative positions, will result in system-wide administrative vacancies. Community colleges not already seeking new leaders are likely to find themselves in the midst…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Administrative Policy, Administrative Principles, Management Development
Benetto, Kimberly S. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The role of the principal, as an instructional leader is one of the most important roles in education today. The demands of high accountability that are placed on school principals have caused legislators and educational reformers to require more rigorous training for school leaders. Many states now have mandated state mentoring programs for entry…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Mentors, Principals, School Administration
Friel, Kathern R. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This Executive Position Paper examined the reported preparation of Delaware Tech Stanton/Wilmington Campus department chairpersons at the time of their appointments and what strategies and training methods they report will more quickly prepare and develop new appointees into successful department chairs. Two surveys were utilized; one was sent to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Department Heads, Administrator Role, Position Papers
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