Search for dissertations about: "academic leadership"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 31 swedish dissertations containing the words academic leadership.

  1. 1. Leadership Challenges in Academia : Four Case studies

    Author : Thomas Severin; Institutionen för psykologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; academic leadership; organizagtiponmal paradoxes; holding; qualitative methods; distributed leadership; leadership development; toxic leadership;

    Abstract : This thesis is an exploration of leadership dimensions of academic organisational processes. It consists of four case studies, each presenting a leadership challenge. These studies of specific situations offer great opportunities to investigate the variety of leading that the academy contains. READ MORE

  2. 2. Successful Principal Leadership: : Prerequisites, Processes and Outcomes

    Author : Monika Törnsén; Olof Johansson; Ingrid Nilsson; Ulf P. Lundgren; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; success; principal; successful school; frame factor model; prerequisite; process; outcome; pedagogical leadership; equivalence; Education; Pedagogik; pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : This thesis' main theme is successful principal leadership in secondary schools within the Swedish education system. Successful principal leadership is examined from three perspectives: What are the processes of a successful principal? Do the leadership processes relate to successful academic and social outcomes of schools? What are the prerequisites for successful principal leadership? The Frame Factor Model and the three concepts of prerequisites, processes and outcomes constitute an overarching framework. READ MORE

  3. 3. Legal reform and private enterprise : the Vietnamese experience

    Author : Per Bergling; Claes Sandgren; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; developing countries; judicial reform; law and development; transition; Vietnam; LAW JURISPRUDENCE; RÄTTSVETENSKAP JURIDIK; Law; juridik;

    Abstract : Decades after the rise and fall of the Law and Development movement, crude theories about the relationship of law to economic development have reappeared in the wake of "transition". Having observed the process of creating laws governing ownership and contracts in Vietnam, the author of this thesis seeks to determine whether the perceived problems exist in reality and whether the "standard legal prescription" for solving them actually works. READ MORE

  4. 4. Influencing teaching and learning microcultures. Academic development in a research-intensive university

    Author : Katarina Mårtensson; AHU Högskolepedagogisk utveckling; []
    Keywords : Academic development; higher education; leadership; mesolevel; microculture; significant network;

    Abstract : The focus in this thesis is to explore theoretical perspectives and strategies for academic development, particularly in a research-intensive university. The purpose is to investigate academic development that aims to support and influence individual academic teachers and groups of teachers, in the different social collegial contexts that they work in, here called microcultures. READ MORE

  5. 5. Leadership and creativity in research groups

    Author : Lisa Olsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; leadership; creativity; research; ; LMX.;

    Abstract : DEGREE OF L1CENTIATE IN PSYCHOLOGY Abstract Olsson, L. (2010). Leadership and Creativity in Research Groups. University of Gothenburg. READ MORE