Power and University Presidents

Having the Right Tools: the Leadership Frames of University Presidents

The presidency at an institution of higher education demands a person with a multiplicity of skills in order to deal with a multitude of internal and external stakeholders. They must be able to multitask and seek competitive advantage to deal with a myriad of stakeholders. Bolman and Deal postulated that leaders who analyze problems from a variety of perspectives were able to solve more complex...

Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Death: Closing the Constitution's Succession Gap

Relationship between perception of power bases sport federations' presidents and employees' effectiveness

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between power bases of sport federations' president (PBSP-other) with employees effectiveness. Population of this study was employees included of experts, federation committee chiefs and vise chiefs federation committee, n=288 that completed (POSP-other) questionnaire and employees Effectiveness. PBSP–other questionnaire (with 15 que...

A Compensation Comparison: Determinants of Compensation for Chief Executive Officers and University Presidents

New Requirements and Challenges for Chinese University Presidents in the Construction of an Innovative Country

University presidents have become a special group worth studying. With the implementation of college education reform, some topics are discussed extensively such as the ideals, values, missions and obligations of the university. As a result, the special group closely related to the university’s fate, university presidents, deserves a profound exploration. In this article, the germ of some ideas...