Evans, L orcid.org/0000-0003-2348-694X (2017) University professors as academic leaders: professorial leadership development needs and provision. Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 45 (1). pp. 123-140. ISSN 1741-1432
Abstract
In the UK the title ‘professor’ is generally applied only to the most senior academics -equivalent to North American full professors - and whom anecdotal evidence indicates to be often unprepared for the increasingly expansive academic leadership roles that they are expected to fulfil. The study reported in this paper was directed at exploring the reliability of such evidence, and the ways in which professors develop or prepare themselves, or are developed or prepared by others, for their professorial academic leadership roles. Data were gathered by questionnaires and interviews, revealing that excessive professorial workloads often result from confusion about what constitutes academic leadership and precisely what and how much is expected of professors. Yet despite an evident dearth of ‘official’, designated, academic leadership preparation and/or development provision, professors were resourceful in drawing upon their experience, networks and intellectual capacity to develop ways of becoming and being effective members of the professoriate.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015, Author(s). This is an author produced version of a paper published in Educational Management Administration & Leadership. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | academic mentoring, academic practice, academic working life, intellectual leadership, professoriate, research leadership |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Education (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number BELMAS - British Educational Leadership, Management And Administration Society NONE GIVEN |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 23 Feb 2015 12:45 |
Last Modified: | 11 Apr 2017 13:47 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1741143215578449 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1741143215578449 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:83429 |