Hybrid configuartions of leadership in higher education employer Seminar
- Time:
- 12:30 - 13:30
- Date:
- 24 March 2014
- Venue:
- Southampton Education School, Building 32 (EEE) Room 2097
For more information regarding this seminar, please email Professor Jacky Lumby at JLumby@soton.ac.uk .
Event details
Recent literature has emphasised the distributed nature of leadership in higher education and the multitude of factors that contribute towards organisational outcomes.
Gronn (2009, 2011) suggests, however, that greater attention should be directed to mapping the ‘hybrid configurations’ through which leadership practice emerges. Using a qualitative case study approach this paper illustrates the complex, interdependent, and contested, nature of leadership practice in cross-boundary environments. The paper suggests that a hybrid perspective may enhance leadership theory and practice in tertiary education.
Speaker information
Professor Richard Bolden , University of Exeter. Lecturer at University of Exeter Business School Centre for Leadership Studies, an experienced researcher and educator in the fields of leadership, management and organisational psychology. Through his research, he aims to, “challenge deeply embedded assumptions to discover more effective and equitable ways of running organisations.” He is particularly interested in the interface and interplay between individual and collective approaches to leadership and leadership development, and how they contribute towards positive social change within organisations and communities.