Adaptive or Transactional Leadership in Current Higher Education: A Brief Comparison

Higher education institutions operate in a complex environment that includes influence from external factors, new technologies for teaching and learning, globalization, and changing student demographics to name a few. Maneuvering such complexity and change requires a leadership strategy that is flex...

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Autor principal:	Natalie Khan
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2017
Materias:	higher education reform adaptive leadership transactional leadership motivation Special aspects of education LC8-6691
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/aaff7c024d964fdbb23d38e9b2aeab5c
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:aaff7c024d964fdbb23d38e9b2aeab5c2021-12-02T18:03:00ZAdaptive or Transactional Leadership in Current Higher Education: A Brief Comparison10.19173/irrodl.v18i3.32941492-3831https://doaj.org/article/aaff7c024d964fdbb23d38e9b2aeab5c2017-05-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/3294https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831Higher education institutions operate in a complex environment that includes influence from external factors, new technologies for teaching and learning, globalization, and changing student demographics to name a few. Maneuvering such complexity and change requires a leadership strategy that is flexible and supportive. This paper reviews two leadership theories in reference to this need: adaptive leadership theory and transactional leadership theory. Three conceptual categories of environmental readiness, leadership complexity, and followers’ motivation are used as points of comparison for each theory. A recommendation is made for leadership strategy in higher education institutions based on this comparison. Natalie KhanAthabasca University Pressarticlehigher educationreformadaptive leadershiptransactional leadershipmotivationSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 18, Iss 3 (2017)
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description	Higher education institutions operate in a complex environment that includes influence from external factors, new technologies for teaching and learning, globalization, and changing student demographics to name a few. Maneuvering such complexity and change requires a leadership strategy that is flexible and supportive. This paper reviews two leadership theories in reference to this need: adaptive leadership theory and transactional leadership theory. Three conceptual categories of environmental readiness, leadership complexity, and followers’ motivation are used as points of comparison for each theory. A recommendation is made for leadership strategy in higher education institutions based on this comparison.
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title	Adaptive or Transactional Leadership in Current Higher Education: A Brief Comparison
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publishDate	2017
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Adaptive or Transactional Leadership in Current Higher Education: A Brief Comparison

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