Document Type
Article
Department/Program
Education
Publication Date
2006
Journal
Community College Journal of Research and Practice
Volume
30
Issue
1
First Page
41
Last Page
51
Abstract
College leaders serve important roles as guides for campus understanding during times of change. Within multicollege districts, campus members deal with several levels of leadership, ranging from department chairs, to the college president, to the system chancellor. These leaders may send conflicting messages regarding change, or have competing end goals for change. The research reported here sought to investigate the influence of the system chancellor on change initiatives at the individual colleges within the system. Findings from this investigation concluded that leadership within the system was nested, whereby the overall direction of change came from the chancellor, and was replicated as a change effort on each of the district's campuses. The implementation of the initiative, however, was filtered through the culture of each separate campus, resulting in different interpretations by campus members at each of the separate colleges. Understanding more about the filtering process that change initiatives undergo can aid in increased understanding of what makes certain changes more understood and, ultimately, more successful.
DOI
10.1080/10668920500248878
Recommended Citation
Eddy, Pamela L., "Nested Leadership: The Interpretation of Organizational Change in a Multicollege System" (2006). Articles. 56.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/articles/56
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