Acta Didactica Napocensia
Volume 10 Number 4, pages 79-92
Published: 25 December 2017
The Senior
Managers’ Opinions on the Academic Leadership Process
Nazife Karadağ
Abstract. The purpose of the present study is to describe the roles and
responsibilities of academic leaders.
Specifically it aimed to provide answers to following questions: What
are the competencies of academic leadership?
What are the approaches determined by academic leaders in the management
of organizational process? A phenomenological research design of qualitative
research was used. The participants of the study consist of 13 senior managers
from various positions in a university in Turkey and they were determined
through maximum variation sampling method. In collection of the data, a
semi-structured interview model was used. According to the results of the
study, the managers participating in the study categorize the tasks on the
focus of academic leadership role into three groups, “bureaucratic works”, “the
works about instructors” and “educational works”. When the views of the
managers about the factors shaping the academic leadership role were studied,
scientific and techonological advances, socio-cultural background and personal
factors played important role in the process.
Key words: Leadership, academic leadership, higher education.