Academic leadership: management of groups or leadership of teams? A multiple-case study on designing and implementing a team-based development programme for academic leadership

Söderhjelm, Teresa; Björklund, Christina; Sandahl, Christer; Laksov, Klara Bolander

doi:10.1080/03075079.2016.1160277

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“…Within the Pettigrew and Whipp framework () and in Wheelan's studies (, ), team goals and team function are highlighted as important foci for leadership, since they provide direction and focus for leadership efforts. Having a discrepancy between official organisational goals and how they should be implemented was shown in a study of academic leadership (Söderhjelm, Björklund, Sandahl, & Bolander‐ Laksov, ). Participants in this study were ambivalent to having a common goal, finding that it may be suffocating, and were hesitant, yet curious, regarding team development, struggling to balance between an individual and a group or collective orientation.…”

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Leadership in specialist palliative home care teams: A qualitative study

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Aim The aim of this study was to describe team leaders' experiences of facilitators and barriers of leadership in specialist palliative home care teams. Background For effective teamwork in specialist palliative care, leadership is crucial; however, defining and agreeing on what leadership comprises may be challenging. In palliative care, teamwork is recognized as imperative for multiprofessional perspectives to meet dying patients' and families' needs. Methods Qualitative interviews with 13 team leaders in specialist palliative home care were performed, using the Pettigrew and Whipp framework, and analysed with directed content analysis. Results Team leaders' experiences of conditions influencing the organisation and delivery of specialist palliative home care is multifaceted and leaders seem conflicted in their approach to the multiple levels of leadership, vision and responsibilities. Conclusion Team leaders in specialist palliative home care described goals of care on differing levels and, for some, fiscal restraints and external pressures influenced their vision and leadership. Team leaders experienced challenges of leadership in relation to organisational issues, feeling burdened by responsibilities, budget restraints and team size. Implications for Nursing Management Team leadership is demanding and complex. In specialist palliative home care, affirming values and enabling vision during times of fiscal strain and external pressures, is challenging. For successful leadership that develops both individuals and the health care team, leaders are recommended to adapt the leadership style to the present situation surrounding the team.

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Leadership in specialist palliative home care teams: A qualitative study

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“…An example of how theory can be integrated at the organizational level for educational leaders is an intervention study where leadership groups of 6-12 people from different departments participated in a leadership program as groups instead of individuals (Söderhjelm, Björklund, Sandahl, & Bolander-Laksov, 2018). The results of the study showed that in line with the theoretical content of the program, the participant groups had established teams with clear roles and had increased trust in each other towards the end of the course.…”

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Lessons learned: towards a framework for integration of theory and practice in academic development

Laksov

2018

International Journal for Academic Development

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In this paper, I describe an approach to the integration of theory and practice at the intrapersonal, interpersonal, and organizational levels. The results of the research projects in which I have been involved over the last ten years are used to illustrate how these three levels have facilitated the identification of three tensions. These tensions together create a framework that can help academic developers better understand how to approach the challenges of advocating for the integration of higher education theory with academic practice in their own institutional environments, and how this integration is linked to existing higher education literature.

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“…In the current study, we present studies conducted to develop and validate a short version of the Group Development Questionnaire (GDQ) that is used to measure the maturity of small group or teams (Wheelan & Mckeage, 1993). The GDQs has received some critique (Kozlowski, Watola, Jensen, Kim & Botero, 2009), but is nevertheless extensively used in research (Ulhassan, Westerlund, Thor, Sandahl & von Thiele Schwarz, 2014;Raes, Kyndt, Decuyper, Van den Bossche & Dochy, 2015;Söderhjelm, Björklund, Sandahl & Bolander-Laksov, 2018;Jacobsson, Rydbo & Börresen, 2014) and practice (Wheelan, 2016). The critique lies mainly in the fact that the four stages of group development are disparate constructs, and in that the patterns that most groups go through might not be the optimal way to develop groups (Kozlowski, Watola et al, 2009).…”

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The Group Development Questionnaire Short (GDQS) Scales: Tiny-Yet-Effective Measures of Team/Small Group Development

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Jacobsson²,

Rydbo³

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The Group Development Questionnaire Short (GDQS) Scales, a 13-item short form of the 60-item Group Development Questionnaire, was developed and validated across four studies. The GDQS scales with four items for Scale I, and three items for Scales II–IV, had consistent and acceptable internal consistencies across Studies 1 and 2 (α at or well above .65), similar to the parent measure. Moreover, the GDQS scales showed a comparable pattern of convergent, and criterion-related validity (Studies 1–3), and concurrent validity (Study 4). Collectively, these results indicate that the GDQS is a psychometrically acceptable and practically useful short measure of team/group development. The GDQS can freely be used for research, with written permission, and we conclude the paper with norm data and practical guidelines for researchers wanting to apply the measurement.

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Academic leadership: management of groups or leadership of teams? A multiple-case study on designing and implementing a team-based development programme for academic leadership

Cited by 28 publications

References 21 publications

Leadership in specialist palliative home care teams: A qualitative study

Leadership in specialist palliative home care teams: A qualitative study

Lessons learned: towards a framework for integration of theory and practice in academic development

The Group Development Questionnaire Short (GDQS) Scales: Tiny-Yet-Effective Measures of Team/Small Group Development

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