Grassroots Leadership: Encounters with Power Dynamics and Oppression

Autor/in	Kezar, Adrianna
Titel	Grassroots Leadership: Encounters with Power Dynamics and Oppression
Quelle	In: International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 24 (2011) 4, S.471-500 (30 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-8398
Schlagwörter	Politics of Education; Leadership; Power Structure; College Faculty; Labor Turnover; Resilience (Psychology); Networks; Accountability; Case Studies; Organizational Change; Activism + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Führung; Führungsposition; Fakultät; Verantwortung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Organisationswandel; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest
Abstract	This article focuses on the nature of power dynamics that faculty and staff grassroots leaders encounter as they attempt to create change. I identified five distinctive types of power dynamics--"oppression," "silencing," "controlling," "inertia," and "micro-aggressions" from the most overt to more subtle and covert forms. Staff experience multiple forms of power dynamics that are extremely difficult to overcome; faculty experience less intense forms of power dynamics. The severe forms of oppression and silencing that staff face lead to turnover and lack of leadership for initiatives, and impact the resiliency of individuals involved in change. I also describe ways that grassroots leaders navigate power dynamics through networks, accountability structures, or flying under the radar. (Contains 18 notes and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10