The Power of Collegiality - A Qualitative Analysis of University Presidents' Leadership in Germany

Nadja Bieletzki explores how university presidents lead universities. She provides insights into the upper echelons of higher education management and focuses especially on university presidents in Germany. Special attention is given to the career background of university presidents and the way they conduct reform projects. Based on the results from semi-structured expert interviews and their qualitative analysis, the author shows that university presidents do not use all their formal power although their position has been strengthened by law. This can be explained by the collegial characteristics of universities, which drive and restrict presidential actions
Nadja Bieletzki was awarded the Ulrich Teichler Prize for Excellent Dissertations 2016.

List of contents

Analyzing Higher Education Management.- Career Paths of University Presidents.- Understanding Reforms in Universities with Micro/Organizational Politics.

Summary

Nadja Bieletzki explores how university presidents lead universities. She provides insights into the upper echelons of higher education management and focuses especially on university presidents in Germany. Special attention is given to the career background of university presidents and the way they conduct reform projects. Based on the results from semi-structured expert interviews and their qualitative analysis, the author shows that university presidents do not use all their formal power although their position has been strengthened by law. This can be explained by the collegial characteristics of universities, which drive and restrict presidential actions
Nadja Bieletzki was awarded the Ulrich Teichler Prize for Excellent Dissertations 2016.

Product details

• Authors: Nadja Bieletzki
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.01.2018
• EAN: 9783658204884
• ISBN: 978-3-658-20488-4
• No. of pages: 209
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 12 mm x 212 mm
• Weight: 301 g
• Illustrations: XV, 209 p. 2 illus.
• Series: Organization & Public Management
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Labour, economic and industrial sociology; C, Sociology, Politik und Staat, Soziologie: Arbeit und Beruf, Economic Sociology, Political Sociology, Social Sciences, Politics & government, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, Sociology: work & labour, Science and Technology Studies, Technology—Sociological aspects