Learning in community : small group leadership for educational change.

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Leadership and performance in multicultural business environments a qualitative study in German-Colombian teams

Multicultural leadership is a topic a great interest in nowadays globalized work environment. Colombia emerges as an attractive marketplace with appealing business opportunities, especially for German enterprises. After presenting Colombia’s current political, social and economic situation, the thesis elaborates the complex subject of cultural differences while focusing on the peculiarities of German and Colombian national cultures. The resulting implications for a team’s collaboration and leader effectiveness are theoretically supported with reference to the landmark studies of Hofstede and GLOBE. By utilizing semi-structured interview techniques, a qualitative research enriches the previous findings and gives an all-encompassing insight in German-Colombian teamwork. The investigation identifies distinctive behavioral patterns and relations, which imply challenges and factors of success for multicultural team leaders. Finally, a categorical analysis examines the influence of cultural traits on team performance and evaluates the effectiveness of the applied leadership style.

Towards the 3rd wave school leadership. 'Hacia el 3er paradigma del liderazgo de la escuela'.

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Transformación impersonal y educación.

Se acerca al tema de las posibilidades de la educación para la transformación de los individuos, tomando la pedagogía como punto de partida. La imaginación y la voluntad son los dos motores, y su ausencia o carencia, los primeros obstáculos que se manifiestan en la vida del individuo para lograr sus fines vitales. Otro elemento de gran importancia son los cambios, que superan la voluntad del individuo y que marcan el devenir de la dimensión histórica y social. En los cambios será determinante la zona de procedencia, las condiciones socioeconómicas, etc. Por tanto, lo pedagógico se contempla desde el problema originario del horizonte de la vida humana. Por otra parte también se reflexiona en torno al problema conceptual del término educación. Un concepto limitado desemboca en la imprecisión, en la vaguedad, y por el contrario, si se hace extenso y complejo, se puede caer en la confusión. En cuanto al tema transformación y educación, los cambios, las transformaciones, unas veces están provocadas, otras son espontáneas. Las transformaciones humanas son aquellas modificaciones producto de iniciativas autorreguladas o de agentes externos. Estas transformaciones se manifiestan en tres estados: estado natural, estado interindividual humano y estado impersonal. Se abordan cuestiones relacionadas como las energías transformadoras, los agentes transformadores y los agentes impersonales de transformación.

Followers’ agreeableness and extraversion and their loyalty towards authentic leadership

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School leadership in a contradictory world

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Emergent leadership : is e-leadership importance in the quality of virtual education?

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Evolution or extinction? Reflections on the future of research in educational leadership and management

Consideration of the quality, relevance and utility of research in educational leadership and management has been a growing concern of researchers, policy-makers and practitioners, but there is little agreement about its current state or priorities for development. The article reflects on the key criticisms that have been made of research in educational leadership and management in this issue, and elsewhere. It considers how we might begin to devise better ways of understanding its audiences, judging its quality and identifying priorities for the future. It argues that the research reflects its capture by those with particular interests or values, and impacts in ways which are complex and indirect. If educational leadership and management research is to be secure in its perceived value and contribution in the future, several developments are needed, including a greater emphasis on interdisciplinarity, an expansion of the range of methodologies, particularly qualtitative studies; and these shifts must be evident in training researchers as well as in the conduct of research.