ABSTRACT

This paper aims to contribute to the literature on dean’s leadership and explores the impact of corporate managerial practices and neoliberal ideology on the mindset and actions of 15 deans and heads of school in eight universities in Australia. We offer perspectives of leaders as emotional individuals who on a daily basis attempt to live up to and manage the contractions of their belief and role expectations. These leaders share their everyday experiences, struggles and vulnerabilities in restructuring their organisational unit to address the strategic goals of the university. We draw upon research on the emotional labour of leadership in higher education, the ethics of disrupting culture, and critical hope to provide insight into how these leaders move their faculty or school toward an imagined future and the impact on this work on their wellbeing.

摘要

本文旨在为有关院长领导力的文献做出贡献，并探讨公司管理实践和新自由主义意识形态对澳大利亚8所大学15位院长和校长的思维方式和行动的影响。我们提供了领导者的观点，这些领导者是情绪化的个人，他们每天都会努力实现并管理其信念和角色期望的收缩。这些领导人分享他们日常的经历，斗争和弱点，以重组其组织单位以实现大学的战略目标。我们基于对高等教育领导者的情感劳动，破坏文化的道德，