Boundary-Spanning Leadership as a Necessity for Academic Administrators

Autor/inn/en	Nazarzadeh Zare, Mohsen; Ghoraishi Khorasgani, Maryam Sadat
Titel	Boundary-Spanning Leadership as a Necessity for Academic Administrators
Quelle	In: International Journal of Educational Management, 36 (2022) 4, S.527-540 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Nazarzadeh Zare, Mohsen) ORCID (Ghoraishi Khorasgani, Maryam Sadat)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-354X
DOI	10.1108/IJEM-09-2021-0384
Schlagwörter	Educational Administration; Administrator Characteristics; College Administration; Foreign Countries; Interpersonal Competence; Self Management; Iran + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Ausland; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Selbstmanagement
Abstract	Purpose: The present study aimed to investigate the perceptions of academic administrators of the characteristics and strategies of a boundary-spanner leader. Design/methodology/approach: For this purpose, the authors adopted a qualitative approach and a descriptive phenomenology method. The participants of the study consisted of academic administrators in the public universities, and research institutions in Iran, of whom 17 academic administrators were selected as participants of the study purposefully and based on the criterion of having at least 4 years of management experience. To collect the data, the authors conducted semistructured interviews and performed a Colaizzi content analysis for data analysis. Findings: The findings showed that perceptions of academic administrators of the characteristics and strategies of a boundary-spanner leader can be classified into six main categories; cognitive skills, relationship skills, professional skills, boundaries management strategies, common boundaries creation strategy and new boundaries discovery strategy. Originality/value: This study builds upon the existing literature on boundary-spanning leaders in higher education through a new cultural context and lens. Because research to date has privileged institutional contexts predominantly in the USA and the United Kingdom, this study contributes an additional understanding of boundary-spanning leadership in Iranian higher educational contexts. This study also provides a common foundation and shared framework from which cross-national collaborations may be examined and further cultivated. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01