Abstract
This article takes the author’s personal experience of being a Head of Department in an English University, and frames this experience as a transition narrative. The format draws on the work of Sandra Acker, who framed her own experience as a Head of Department in Canada, in three areas. Utilising literature both on Higher Education Management and the emotions of leadership, the article proposes that a focus on both the personal affective side of leadership can help the nascent department Head understand more clearly how the personal and the political, policy frameworks intertwine. Finally, the article suggests that understanding one’s own leadership skills in a particular context is crucial to working with academic colleagues.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1168-1180 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Educational Review |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Early online date | 9 Dec 2021 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 19 Sept 2023 |
Bibliographical note
© 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.
Keywords
- emotion
- governance/management/administration
- higher education/university
- identity
- Leadership/management
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Education