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Úton a kreatív transzformációs vezetés felé a felsőoktatásban: kihívások és lehetőségek
Towards Creative Transformational Leadership in Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities

Author(s): Melanie Kay Smith, Árpád Papp-Váry, Vilmos Vass
Subject(s): Higher Education
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: creative transformational leadership; transformational leadership; creative leadership; higher education; internationalisation

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to define what creative transformational leadership means in the context of higher education exploring some of the challenges and opportunities of being an educational leader in institutions which are internationalising and competing in a global market. The paper analyses the meaning of creative transformational leadership in the context of higher education. The paper analysing what constitutes creative transformational leadership from the perspective of higher education leaders and how they perceive these approaches using in-depth e-interviews. A sample of international academics was recruited from the authors’ professional online networks and an online link to a list of ten interview questions was emailed to participants. The findings reveal that the contextual dimension of leadership in higher education plays an important role, especially the rapidly changing social and technological environment, which affects both staff performance and student needs.

  • Issue Year: 28/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 370-381
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Hungarian