Implementing and investigating distributed leadership in a national university network - SaMnet

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ID4545440
AuthorsManjula D Sharma (0000-0002-1988-7591, The University of Sydney, corresponding author), Will Rifkin (0000-0002-0817-6436, The University of Sydney), Vicky Tzioumis (The University of Sydney), M J Hill (0000-0001-7493-2167, The University of Sydney), Matthew Hill (0009-0004-9253-169X, The University of Sydney), Elizabeth Johnson (0000-0003-2174-4175), Elizabeth D Johnson (0000-0002-7929-5272, La Trobe University), Elizabeth A Johnson (0000-0002-3914-6600, La Trobe University), Cristina Varsavsky (Monash University), Susan Jones (0000-0003-0639-1586, University of Tasmania), Stephanie Beame, Stephanie Beames (University of Technology Sydney), Andrea Crampton (0000-0001-9656-3059, Charles Sturt University), Marjan Zadnik (0000-0001-5442-9003, Curtin University), Simon Pyke (The University of Adelaide), Simon M Pyke (0000-0002-0061-5115, The University of Adelaide)
Year2017
Volume39
Issue2
Pages169-182
Publication date2017-03-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Higher Education Policy and Management (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1360-080X • E-ISSN: 1469-9508
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1360080x.2017.1276660
OpenAlexW2586132996
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited20

The literature suggests that collaborative approaches to leadership, such as distributed leadership, are essential for supporting educational innovators in leading change in teaching in universities. This paper briefly describes the array of activities, processes and resources to support distributed leadership in the implementation of a network, the Science and Mathematics Network of Australian University Educators – SaMnet. The research study investigated participating educational innovators’ experiences of distributed leadership using a mixed method approach after 2 years of immersion in SaMnet. Fifty innovators from 100 were surveyed and data analysed to obtain influences of the teams, the institution and SaMnet. Focus groups were used to extract rich descriptions of the experiences of the innovators. The study suggests that distributed leadership as the approach underpinning SaMnet cultivated leadership helping to complement team and institutional influences in a measurable way and to support educational innovators in leading change in university science and mathematics teaching

Distributed leadership · Economics · Knowledge management · Leadership style · Management · Mathematics education · Political science · Public relations · Shared leadership · Sociology · Computer Science · Experimental Learning in Engineering · Innovative Teaching Methods · Online and Blended Learning · Psychology

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