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A Research Agenda for Leadership Learning and Development through Higher Education
Adopting a multilevel perspective, this innovative Research Agenda offers a comprehensive and critical overview of research on all aspects of contemporary leadership education. Bringing together enlightening contributions from experienced scholars of leadership education along with a team of early career critical scholars, it examines essential dimensions of leadership education processes and outcomes and interrogates the knowledge bases that shape these dimensions.
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Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.
Adopting a multilevel perspective, this innovative Research Agenda offers a comprehensive and critical overview of research on all aspects of contemporary leadership education.
Bringing together enlightening contributions from experienced scholars of leadership education along with a team of early career critical scholars, the book examines essential dimensions of leadership education processes and outcomes and interrogates the knowledge bases that shape these dimensions. It explores higher educational contexts, different types of leadership learners, key program design elements and pedagogies, and classic and critical research methodologies. Each chapter adopts a critical analysis approach to scrutinize existing research and identify key challenges, gaps, and tensions in the field of leadership learning and development. Providing a rationale for centering the future of leadership education in social justice, the book ultimately challenges the reader to prioritize innovation, inclusion, and equity in their research and practice going forward.
This state-of-the-art Research Agenda will prove an essential resource for leadership educators and practitioners interested in advancing equity and social justice outcomes in their program delivery. Its overview of the cutting edge of research will also be foundational in introductory graduate leadership education programs.
Adopting a multilevel perspective, this innovative Research Agenda offers a comprehensive and critical overview of research on all aspects of contemporary leadership education.
Bringing together enlightening contributions from experienced scholars of leadership education along with a team of early career critical scholars, the book examines essential dimensions of leadership education processes and outcomes and interrogates the knowledge bases that shape these dimensions. It explores higher educational contexts, different types of leadership learners, key program design elements and pedagogies, and classic and critical research methodologies. Each chapter adopts a critical analysis approach to scrutinize existing research and identify key challenges, gaps, and tensions in the field of leadership learning and development. Providing a rationale for centering the future of leadership education in social justice, the book ultimately challenges the reader to prioritize innovation, inclusion, and equity in their research and practice going forward.
This state-of-the-art Research Agenda will prove an essential resource for leadership educators and practitioners interested in advancing equity and social justice outcomes in their program delivery. Its overview of the cutting edge of research will also be foundational in introductory graduate leadership education programs.
Critical Acclaim
‘Bringing together enlightening contributions from experienced scholars of leadership education along with a team of early career critical scholars, A Research Agenda for Leadership Learning and Development through Higher Education examines essential dimensions of leadership education processes and outcomes and interrogates the knowledge bases that shape these dimensions. A Research Agenda for Leadership Learning and Development through Higher Education will prove to be an essential resource for leadership educators and practitioners interested in advancing equity and social justice outcomes in their program delivery. Its overview of the cutting edge of research will also be foundational in introductory graduate leadership education programs.’
– James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review
‘Stressing the importance of understanding context, Susan Komives and Julie Owen provide leadership researchers a foundation for addressing the critical questions of not only what to study, using what method, but to what end does their research practice matter? Thus, this book works to make a crucial research shift in leadership studies through higher education towards a more equitable and justice-oriented approach, as authors collectively outline challenges, tensions, and possibilities for a more liberatory leadership.’
– Antron D. Mahoney, Ohio Wesleyan University, US
‘Higher Education seeks to prepare future leaders to navigate our world’s complex interdisciplinary problems through a focus on leader and leadership development, education, and practice. This book sets the context for the urgent need to create a social justice approach to leadership education which encompasses diversity, equity, and inclusive practices. To address this context, it lays out ideas related to developing and implementing an innovative qualitative and quantitative research agenda. Authors and editors of this book challenge faculty and staff engaged in leadership development, education, and practice to embrace such an innovative research agenda for the future. Faculty and staff, please accept this challenge, reflect on what you do now, make changes relevant to your context, and act!’
– Sadhana Warty Hall, Former Deputy Director, Rockefeller Center for Public Policy, Dartmouth College, US
– James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review
‘Stressing the importance of understanding context, Susan Komives and Julie Owen provide leadership researchers a foundation for addressing the critical questions of not only what to study, using what method, but to what end does their research practice matter? Thus, this book works to make a crucial research shift in leadership studies through higher education towards a more equitable and justice-oriented approach, as authors collectively outline challenges, tensions, and possibilities for a more liberatory leadership.’
– Antron D. Mahoney, Ohio Wesleyan University, US
‘Higher Education seeks to prepare future leaders to navigate our world’s complex interdisciplinary problems through a focus on leader and leadership development, education, and practice. This book sets the context for the urgent need to create a social justice approach to leadership education which encompasses diversity, equity, and inclusive practices. To address this context, it lays out ideas related to developing and implementing an innovative qualitative and quantitative research agenda. Authors and editors of this book challenge faculty and staff engaged in leadership development, education, and practice to embrace such an innovative research agenda for the future. Faculty and staff, please accept this challenge, reflect on what you do now, make changes relevant to your context, and act!’
– Sadhana Warty Hall, Former Deputy Director, Rockefeller Center for Public Policy, Dartmouth College, US
Contributors
Contributors: Anthony C. Andenoro, Cameron C. Beatty, Adrian L. Bitton, Vivechkanand S. Chunoo, Benjamin P. Correia-Harker, Kathy L. Guthrie, Paige Haber-Curran, Sharrell Hassell-Goodman, Lindsay J. Hastings, Lauren N. Irwin, Daniel Jenkins, Matthew R. Johnson, Susan R. Komives, Lauren Offermann, Julie E. Owen, Darren E. Pierre, Kerry L. Priest, Danyelle J. Reynolds, Ronald E. Riggio, Dennis C. Roberts, Melissa L. Rocco, David M. Rosch, Rian Satterwhite, Corey Seemiller, Valerie I. Sessa, Kristan Cilente Skendall, Krista M. Soria, Matthew Sowcik, Nicholas Tapia-Fuselier, Trisha Teig, Natasha T. Turman, Aoi Yamanaka
Contents
Contents:
Foreword xix
Preface xxiii
Acknowledgments xxxi
1 An equity-minded research agenda for leadership
learning and development in higher education 1
Susan R. Komives and Julie E. Owen
2 Advancing collective scholarship through the
National Leadership Education Research Agenda 23
Anthony C. Andenoro and Kristan Cilente Skendall
3 Social justice as the heart of leadership education 37
Vivechkanand S. Chunoo and Kathy L. Guthrie
4 International perspectives in leadership learning 57
Dennis C. Roberts and Aoi Yamanaka
PART I LEADER AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
5 The complexities of the leadership learner 83
Lindsay J. Hastings, Natasha T. Turman, and
Kristan Cilente Skendall
6 Leadership in teams and other collectives 103
Valerie I. Sessa, David M. Rosch, Lauren Offermann
PART II LEADERSHIP EDUCATION
7 Leadership learning 123
Benjamin P. Correia-Harker and Rian Satterwhite
8 Disciplinary perspectives 143
Matthew Sowcik and Corey Seemiller
9 Design and impact of student leadership programs 165
Paige Haber-Curran and Daniel Jenkins
10 Pedagogical practices through the lens of
liberatory pedagogy 189
Melissa L. Rocco and Cameron C. Beatty
11 Leadership educator roles, identities, and preparation 209
Kerry L. Priest and Darren E. Pierre
PART III CALL TO ACTION FOR CRITICAL AND
INNOVATIVE RESEARCH
12 Classic and emergent approaches to researching
leadership education and development 233
Krista M. Soria and Matthew R. Johnson
13 Insights from a critical qualitative inquiry in
leadership scholarship 253
Lauren N. Irwin, Danyelle J. Reynolds, Adrian L.
Bitton, Sharrell Hassell-Goodman, Trisha Teig,
and Nicholas Tapia-Fuselier
14 Advancing liberatory leadership scholarship 271
Julie E. Owen and Susan R. Komives
Index 293
Foreword xix
Preface xxiii
Acknowledgments xxxi
1 An equity-minded research agenda for leadership
learning and development in higher education 1
Susan R. Komives and Julie E. Owen
2 Advancing collective scholarship through the
National Leadership Education Research Agenda 23
Anthony C. Andenoro and Kristan Cilente Skendall
3 Social justice as the heart of leadership education 37
Vivechkanand S. Chunoo and Kathy L. Guthrie
4 International perspectives in leadership learning 57
Dennis C. Roberts and Aoi Yamanaka
PART I LEADER AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
5 The complexities of the leadership learner 83
Lindsay J. Hastings, Natasha T. Turman, and
Kristan Cilente Skendall
6 Leadership in teams and other collectives 103
Valerie I. Sessa, David M. Rosch, Lauren Offermann
PART II LEADERSHIP EDUCATION
7 Leadership learning 123
Benjamin P. Correia-Harker and Rian Satterwhite
8 Disciplinary perspectives 143
Matthew Sowcik and Corey Seemiller
9 Design and impact of student leadership programs 165
Paige Haber-Curran and Daniel Jenkins
10 Pedagogical practices through the lens of
liberatory pedagogy 189
Melissa L. Rocco and Cameron C. Beatty
11 Leadership educator roles, identities, and preparation 209
Kerry L. Priest and Darren E. Pierre
PART III CALL TO ACTION FOR CRITICAL AND
INNOVATIVE RESEARCH
12 Classic and emergent approaches to researching
leadership education and development 233
Krista M. Soria and Matthew R. Johnson
13 Insights from a critical qualitative inquiry in
leadership scholarship 253
Lauren N. Irwin, Danyelle J. Reynolds, Adrian L.
Bitton, Sharrell Hassell-Goodman, Trisha Teig,
and Nicholas Tapia-Fuselier
14 Advancing liberatory leadership scholarship 271
Julie E. Owen and Susan R. Komives
Index 293
