Unpacking the narrative of non-positional leadership in academia: Hero and/or victim?

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 201-213

  Juntrasook, Adisorn ^a   Nairn, Karen ^a   Bond, Carol ^a   Spronken Smith, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

academic leadership; discourse analysis; higher education; narrative inquiry; plot analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875172578     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2011.643858     Document Type: Article

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