Lasting female educational leadership: leadership legacies of women leaders

Our colleges and universities are being led in large part by baby boomers whoare now in later midlife. Huge numbers of those middle-aged leaders will retire within the next 10 years. While we know that being in later midlife and impending retirement must influence a person in a leadership position at an institution of higher learning, we don't really understand how. .This book is based upon an empirical study that linked higher education leadership to one aspect of midlife known as generativity. This psychosocial phenomenon was describedby Erik Erikson as a desire that peaks in midlife to leave something for future generations before one dies. Generativity typically manifests itself in thelegacy one intends to leave. The author of this book has completed a multiplecase study of women who are in later midlife and who hold high-level leadership positions at an institution of higher learning. In this work, she shares more than has ever been known about the nature, antecedents, and support of generativity in the leadership of female higher education leaders in midlife. INDICE: Ch. 1: Leadership Legacies: The Immortal Higher Education Leader.-Ch. 2: Why Legacy Matters More in Midlife.- Ch. 3: The Case Study.- Ch. 4: Characteristics that Influence Leadership Legacies.- Ch. 5: Developing Generative Higher Education Leaders.- Ch. 6: Tools for Crafting a Leader's Higher Education Leadership Legacy.- Appendices.- References.- Index.

• ISBN: 978-94-007-5018-0
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 180
• Fecha Publicación: 31/08/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés