External Culture: Its Impact on Rural Community College Presidents

Leist, Jay

doi:10.1080/10668920701242696

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“…In our analysis, we found several instances of the continued expectation that leaders will have no responsibilities other than work, would keep their work and home lives separate, and will ideally have a partner or spouse who will take care of their personal needs (Acker, 1990). Consider how Leist (2007) noted, "The expectation that a rural community college president must be both accessible and visible can create issues; most notably, never being able to escape from the job and its pressures" (p. 315). Dedication to the job is the expectation for top-level leaders that are modeled on the masculine and hero norm.…”

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confidence: 96%

What Happened to Re-Visioning Community College Leadership? A 25-Year Retrospective

Eddy

Khwaja

2019

Community College Review

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This research sought to determine if the gendered discourse on community college leadership has changed since Amey and Twombly published their analysis of community college literature in 1992. Argument: More women now lead 2-year colleges than ever before, and conceptions of leadership have evolved over time; but has the language used to discuss gender and leadership in leading community college journals changed as well? This research entailed a discourse analysis of 148 journal articles published between 1990 and 2015 to identify gendered language in literature focusing on community college leadership. The language used in the scholarly examination of leadership is a reflection of the ground realities of the community college setting and provides insight into the persisting gendered constructions of leadership at 2-year colleges. Conclusion: Four main findings emerged from this research. First, masculine-normed leadership approaches remain unquestioned in the literature. Second, participatory leadership rhetoric emerged as a trend at the turn of the century. Third, women do the bulk of the writing about women leaders. Finally, ideal worker norms still prevail. The roots of authoritative leadership retain a strong hold in community colleges and intentional actions are required to achieve real change in constructions of leadership.

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What Happened to Re-Visioning Community College Leadership? A 25-Year Retrospective

Eddy

Khwaja

2019

Community College Review

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“…Civic leaders, such as mayors, and educational leaders, such as college presidents, play a key role in how a community values different actions and beliefs. Specifically, research has suggested that community college presidents in rural communities must be willing to assume the role of community leader (Leist, 2007). Therefore, it is important to question what communal messages are being sent by community and college leaders that could possibly influence individual choices or behaviors.…”

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Community College and Community Leader Expectations of the “Village”

Deggs

Miller

2013

Community College Journal of Research and Practice

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In the Middle: Work-Life Integration of Mid-Level Women Leaders in a Rural Community College System

McGill-O’Rourke,

Allan

2024

Community College Review

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Objective/Research Question: Research indicates that work-life integration is linked with career satisfaction for women administrators in higher education. This study focused on midlevel women leaders who are an essential component of higher education organizations and asked the question: how do mid-level women leaders in rural community colleges experience work-life integration? Method: Seeking to understand if the gendered ideal worker norm was prevalent in the work-life integration experiences of mid-level women leaders, we employed a qualitative design that drew upon phenomenological methods, to explore the work-life integration experiences of 12 mid-level women leaders in a rural community college system in the Northeastern United States. Results: Data gathered from both individual and focus group interviews with 12 participants yielded new knowledge about those participants’ experiences and had implications for practice. Conclusions: Emergent themes in this study help to fill gaps in previous research by offering a tentative framework for understanding specific characteristics that may increase successful work-life integration for women mid-level leaders in a community college setting. Implications and recommendations are discussed. To understand unique individual experiences and institutional cultures, further research is suggested in the area of community college leadership.

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External Culture: Its Impact on Rural Community College Presidents

Cited by 4 publications

References 9 publications

What Happened to Re-Visioning Community College Leadership? A 25-Year Retrospective

What Happened to Re-Visioning Community College Leadership? A 25-Year Retrospective

Community College and Community Leader Expectations of the “Village”

In the Middle: Work-Life Integration of Mid-Level Women Leaders in a Rural Community College System

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