@article {4076, title = {Different or similar: constructions of leadership by senior managers in Irish and Portuguese universities}, journal = {Studies in Higher Education}, volume = {40}, year = {2014}, month = {04 Jun 2014}, pages = {1679-1693}, chapter = {1679}, abstract = {

Despite over 60 years of research on leadership, few attempts have been made to ensure that the models of leadership are inclusive of women or other {\textquoteleft}outsiders{\textquoteright}. This paper explores variation in the constructions of leadership at a time of institutional change in higher education. Drawing on a purposive sample, including those at presidential/rector, vice presidential/vice rector level in Irish and Portuguese universities, it compares and contrasts such senior managers{\textquoteright} conceptions of leadership, as reflected in their descriptions of a typical president/rector and those characteristics that they see as valued in senior management in their own university. Attention is particularly focussed on the identification and gendering of collegial/managerial characteristics, and the extent to which it reflects variation in these university contexts.

}, keywords = {Gender, higher education, Ireland, leadership, Portugal}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2014.914909 }, url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03075079.2014.914909}, author = {Pat O{\textquoteright}Connor and Teresa Carvalho} }