Insights into leadership practices in South African Higher Education

Insights into leadership practices in South African Higher Education

Orientation This study aimed to explore senior academics' experiences of leadership behaviours at a South African higher education institution, extracting their experiences of positive and negative behaviours. In this study, a qualitative descriptive design was employed to investigate the exper...

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Published in:SA Journal of Industrial Psychology Vol. 50; no. 4; pp. e1 - e10
Main Authors: Venter, Beverly G, du Plessis, Marieta, Stander, Marius W
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Auckland Park African Online Scientific Information Systems (Pty) Ltd t/a AOSIS 2024
AOSIS (Pty) Ltd
AOSIS
Subjects:
academic leadership
Academic staff
Analysis
Behavior
Best practices
College professors
College teachers
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Data collection
Depersonalization
destructive leadership
Education parks
Education, Higher
Ethics
Higher education
Human resources
Interviews
Leadership
leadership behaviours
Leadership styles
Management
Morality
Motivation
Occupational psychology
Occupational training
positive leadership
Psychological safety
Reputations
Research methodology
School facilities
Snowball sampling
Social exclusion
Sympathy
Teaching
South Africa
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Summary:Orientation This study aimed to explore senior academics' experiences of leadership behaviours at a South African higher education institution, extracting their experiences of positive and negative behaviours. In this study, a qualitative descriptive design was employed to investigate the experiences and perspectives of 14 senior academics. The participants were selected using stratified random and snowball sampling techniques. Practical/managerial implications
ISSN:0258-5200
2071-0763
DOI:10.4102/sajip.v50i0.2173