高校中层干部学术领导力实践特点及提升路径

Practice Characteristics and Improvement Path of Academic Leadership of Mid-Level Administrators in Universities

摘要:

高校中层干部在学校发展的过程中起着上传下达的重要作用,其学术领导力的提升对高校长远发展至关重要。文章采用案例研究法,访谈22名高校优秀中层干部,并通过对既有研究的梳理,建构了领导特质、领导行为以及领导事件三维分析框架。分析领导特质与领导行为是探究学术领导力的关键路径,文章在分析领导特质、领导行为的基础上延伸出领导事件的分析维度更为场景化和实践化,从而全面呈现高校中层干部的学术领导力,进而从领导特质、领导行为、领导事件三个角度展示了高校中层干部学术领导力的实践特点,归纳出提升契机、提升环境、提升机制等路径,并提出了重视中层干部人岗匹配、分配急难险重任务、建立正式的导师制以及强化中层干部学术领导力培养等建议。

Abstract:

Mid-level administrators play a crucial role in the development of universities, serving as a link between higher administration and lower staff, and their academic leadership development is of vital importance for thelong-term advancement of universities. In this sense, this paper employs a case study approach via interviewing 22 outstanding mid-level leaders from various universities, and constructs athree-dimensional analytical framework covering leadership traits, leadership behaviors, and leadership events by reviewing the existing studies. While the first two constitute fundamental dimensions for examining academic leadership, the incorporation of leadershipevents as an extended analytical paradigm enables a more contextually grounded and operationally tangible delineation of academic leadership competencies among mid-level administrators in universities. Furthermore, this paper illustrates the practical characteristics of their academic leadership from the perspectives of leadership traits, leadership behaviors, and leadership events, thus summarizing some improvement pathways, such as enhancement opportunities, enhancement environments, and enhancement mechanisms, etc. On this basis, this paper also proposes some recommendations including emphasizing the alignment of mid-level administrators with their positions, assigning urgent, difficult, and critical tasks, establishing a formal mentorship system, and strengthening the cultivation of academic leadership among mid-level administrators in universities.