The relationship between ornamental and managerial leaders in the private university sector: who runs the show and makes a difference?

Using school management settings, this manuscript developed important substantial leadership models such as “instructional,” “constructive,” and “distributed.” University leadership and especially in the private sector is an understudied topic. While private universities need to generate revenue for...

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Main Authors: Alam, Gazi Mahabubul, Asimiran, Soaib, Ismail, Ismi Arif Bin, Ahmad, Nor Aniza
Format: Article
Published: SAGE Publications Inc. 2022
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/118888/
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author Alam, Gazi Mahabubul
Asimiran, Soaib
Ismail, Ismi Arif Bin
Ahmad, Nor Aniza
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Asimiran, Soaib
Ismail, Ismi Arif Bin
Ahmad, Nor Aniza
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description Using school management settings, this manuscript developed important substantial leadership models such as “instructional,” “constructive,” and “distributed.” University leadership and especially in the private sector is an understudied topic. While private universities need to generate revenue for profits and survival, they should, at the same time, retain sound education philosophies, an extremely difficult task. Studies are yet to be conducted to understand how leaders of private universities handle this challenge, and this issue motivates the present research. Using Bangladesh as a case study, this qualitative study discovers that the “visionary” leadership approach is mainly used for business management models that govern private sector universities. This does not enable an established education leadership model to function well, if at all. This poses a serious challenge to educational philosophy. Innovation of a specialized private sector university leadership model is therefore required.
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spelling upm-1188882025-07-29T03:01:41Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/118888/ The relationship between ornamental and managerial leaders in the private university sector: who runs the show and makes a difference? Alam, Gazi Mahabubul Asimiran, Soaib Ismail, Ismi Arif Bin Ahmad, Nor Aniza Using school management settings, this manuscript developed important substantial leadership models such as “instructional,” “constructive,” and “distributed.” University leadership and especially in the private sector is an understudied topic. While private universities need to generate revenue for profits and survival, they should, at the same time, retain sound education philosophies, an extremely difficult task. Studies are yet to be conducted to understand how leaders of private universities handle this challenge, and this issue motivates the present research. Using Bangladesh as a case study, this qualitative study discovers that the “visionary” leadership approach is mainly used for business management models that govern private sector universities. This does not enable an established education leadership model to function well, if at all. This poses a serious challenge to educational philosophy. Innovation of a specialized private sector university leadership model is therefore required. SAGE Publications Inc. 2022-09 Article PeerReviewed Alam, Gazi Mahabubul and Asimiran, Soaib and Ismail, Ismi Arif Bin and Ahmad, Nor Aniza (2022) The relationship between ornamental and managerial leaders in the private university sector: who runs the show and makes a difference? International Journal of Educational Reform, 34 (1). pp. 158-177. ISSN 1056-7879; eISSN: 2631-9675 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10567879221124875 10.1177/10567879221124875
spellingShingle Alam, Gazi Mahabubul
Asimiran, Soaib
Ismail, Ismi Arif Bin
Ahmad, Nor Aniza
The relationship between ornamental and managerial leaders in the private university sector: who runs the show and makes a difference?
title The relationship between ornamental and managerial leaders in the private university sector: who runs the show and makes a difference?
title_full The relationship between ornamental and managerial leaders in the private university sector: who runs the show and makes a difference?
title_fullStr The relationship between ornamental and managerial leaders in the private university sector: who runs the show and makes a difference?
title_full_unstemmed The relationship between ornamental and managerial leaders in the private university sector: who runs the show and makes a difference?
title_short The relationship between ornamental and managerial leaders in the private university sector: who runs the show and makes a difference?
title_sort relationship between ornamental and managerial leaders in the private university sector: who runs the show and makes a difference?
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/118888/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/118888/