Academic Administration: The Search for Effective Leadership.

Darling, John R.; Brownlee, Leonard J., Jr.

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ERIC Number: EJ271917

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Publication Date: 1982

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Academic Administration: The Search for Effective Leadership.

Darling, John R.; Brownlee, Leonard J., Jr.

Texas Tech Journal of Education, v9 n3 p163-74 Fall 1982

Three approaches generally have been taken to explain effective leadership in educational administration: (1) The leader's personality traits are the key; (2) Success results from mastering modes of interpersonal behavior; and (3) Effectiveness depends on the situation in which leadership is exercised. Leadership is a reciprocal process--leader and followers influence one another. (PP)

Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Qualifications, College Administration, Higher Education, Interprofessional Relationship, Leadership Effectiveness, Leadership Qualities, Leadership Styles, Organizational Theories, Teacher Administrator Relationship

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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