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Adaptive Leadership in Higher Education
Research Guide
What is Adaptive Leadership in Higher Education?
Adaptive leadership in higher education is the application of adaptive strategies by university leaders to navigate complex institutional changes through distributed models and narrative identity work.
Researchers examine how leaders mediate ambiguity during organizational shifts in academic settings (Mallett & Wapshott, 2012, 61 citations). Studies link teaching experience to adaptive classroom management approaches applicable to higher education leadership (Ünal & Ünal, 2012, 92 citations). Positive emotions and salutogenic functioning support adaptive climates in educational organizations (Wall et al., 2017, 79 citations; Cilliers & Kossuth, 2002, 37 citations).
Why It Matters
Adaptive leadership frameworks enable university administrators to manage digital transformations and inclusivity demands, as seen in narrative identity work during firm changes adaptable to academia (Mallett & Wapshott, 2012). They foster positive emotional impacts in workplaces, improving staff retention in higher education (Wall et al., 2017). Organizational climate studies show salutogenic principles enhance leader resilience amid policy shifts like those in OECD school resources (Cilliers & Kossuth, 2002; Shewbridge et al., 2016). Emotional intelligence determines leadership potential, aiding hiring in universities (Stuart & Paquet, 2001).
Key Research Challenges
Measuring Adaptive Behaviors
Quantifying adaptive strategies in dynamic university settings remains difficult due to reliance on qualitative case studies. Longitudinal data like in graphic design firms highlights identity shifts but lacks higher education specifics (Mallett & Wapshott, 2012). Standardized metrics for distributed leadership are absent.
Integrating Experience Levels
Balancing novice and experienced leaders' adaptive approaches challenges institutions, as teaching experience alters management styles (Ünal & Ünal, 2012). This gap affects curriculum integration and inclusivity efforts (Akib et al., 2020). Empirical models for higher education are limited.
Fostering Inclusive Climates
Creating salutogenic organizational climates for adaptive leadership struggles against ambiguity and exclusion risks. Studies link climate dimensions to health origins but underexplore higher education applications (Cilliers & Kossuth, 2002). Inclusion pedagogies face implementation barriers (Makoelle, 2014).
Essential Papers
The Impact of Years of Teaching Experience on the Classroom Management Approaches of Elementary School Teachers.
Zafer Ünal, Aslıhan Ünal · 2012 · 92 citations
This study provided a basis for answering the following essential question: Does the years of experience affect teachers ' classroom management approaches? Data were collected from 268 pri...
Positive emotion in workplace impact
Tony Wall, Jayne Russell, Neil Moore · 2017 · Journal of Work-Applied Management · 79 citations
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the role of positive emotions in generating workplace impacts and examine it through the application of an adapted appreciative inquiry process in ...
Study on Implementation of Integrated Curriculum in Indonesia
Erwin Akib, Muhammad Imran, Saiyidah Mahtarı et al. · 2020 · IJORER International Journal of Recent Educational Research · 73 citations
An integrated curriculum is an educational approach that prepares students to face lifelong learning. In curriculum integration, schools must view education as a process of developing the abilities...
Mediating ambiguity: Narrative identity and knowledge workers
Oliver Mallett, Robert Wapshott · 2012 · Scandinavian Journal of Management · 61 citations
Drawing on Paul Ricoeur's approach to narrative identity and a longitudinal case study of a graphic design firm, this paper explores identity work provoked by organisational changes for one group o...
OECD Reviews of School Resources: Lithuania 2016
Claire Shewbridge, Katrina Godfrey, Zoltán Hermann et al. · 2016 · OECD reviews of school resources · 59 citations
The effective use of school resources is a policy priority across OECD countries. The OECD Reviews of School Resources explore how resources can be governed, distributed, utilised and managed to i...
Pedagogy of Inclusion: A Quest for Inclusive Teaching and Learning
Tsediso Michael Makoelle · 2014 · Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences · 39 citations
Since the advent of the philosophy of inclusion and the inception of inclusive education, following a number of international developments such as the signing of the Salamanca Statement in 1994, at...
The relationship between organisational climate and salutogenic functioning
Frans Cilliers, S.P. Kossuth · 2002 · SA Journal of Industrial Psychology · 37 citations
Organisational climate, defined as psychological atmosphere, was measured by means of 14 climate and four managerial support dimensions. Salutogenic functioning, referring to the origins of psychol...
Reading Guide
Foundational Papers
Start with Ünal & Ünal (2012, 92 citations) for experience-management links and Mallett & Wapshott (2012, 61 citations) for narrative adaptation, as they provide core empirical bases for leadership behaviors.
Recent Advances
Study Wall et al. (2017, 79 citations) for emotion impacts and Indrašienė et al. (2021, 29 citations) for critical thinking in labor markets relevant to adaptive higher education.
Core Methods
Core methods feature surveys (Ünal & Ünal, 2012), appreciative inquiry (Wall et al., 2017), climate scales (Cilliers & Kossuth, 2002), and Ricoeur's narrative identity (Mallett & Wapshott, 2012).
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Frequently Asked Questions
What defines adaptive leadership in higher education?
It involves leaders using distributed strategies to handle change, drawing from narrative identity (Mallett & Wapshott, 2012) and experience-based management (Ünal & Ünal, 2012).
What methods study this subtopic?
Methods include longitudinal case studies (Mallett & Wapshott, 2012), surveys of 268 teachers (Ünal & Ünal, 2012), and climate dimension scales (Cilliers & Kossuth, 2002).
What are key papers?
Foundational: Ünal & Ünal (2012, 92 citations) on experience; Mallett & Wapshott (2012, 61 citations) on ambiguity. Recent: Wall et al. (2017, 79 citations) on positive emotions.
What open problems exist?
Challenges include scaling adaptive models to higher education digital shifts and quantifying salutogenic impacts beyond small samples (Cilliers & Kossuth, 2002; Shewbridge et al., 2016).
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