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Issues in Academic Leadership: Narratives of Personal Experiences of Diaspora Administrators

Issues in Academic Leadership: Narratives of Personal Experiences of Diaspora Administrators
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Author(s): Uche T. Onyebadi (Texas Christian University, USA), Dorothy Bland (University of North Texas, USA), Herman Howard (Angelo State University, USA)and Carolyn Walcott (Georgia State University, USA)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 25
Source title: Multidisciplinary Issues Surrounding African Diasporas
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Uche T. Onyebadi (Texas Christian University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5079-2.ch010

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Abstract

Occupying administrative positions in any organization is an enormous and difficult task, especially in universities and other higher institutions of learning where the culture and conventional practices demand shared governance and collective decision making. Even more complex is when such positions are occupied by minorities who need to weigh a lot of factors in their decision making in order to effectively navigate and accomplish their duties and objectives. This chapter offers a brief theoretical insight into administrative leadership in the academy. More importantly, it provides the narratives of the personal experiences of administrators in the United States and Guyana; people whose gender and racial backgrounds categorize them as minorities. Sharing such experiences aligns with the purpose of this book and also provides some learning opportunities for people in the diaspora who aspire to become administrators in the academy and minorities who are currently doing the job.

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