Crisis Leadership in Higher Education : : Theory and Practice / / Ralph A Gigliotti.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Gigliotti, Ralph A,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2019]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (190 p.) :; 5 b-w graphs. 7 tables.

There was a time when crises on college and university campuses were relatively rare. Much has changed, and it has changed quite rapidly. Rather than being isolated incidents requiring the sole attention of presidents, chancellors, or communication professionals, the proliferation of crises across campuses means that crisis leadership has now become fundamental to the work of university personnel across levels, disciplines, and institutions. Drawing upon the findings of forty interviews with senior leaders from ten major research universities across the United States and a content analysis of over one thousand articles from a variety of news outlets, Crisis Leadership in Higher Education presents a theory-informed framework for academic and administrative leaders who must navigate the institutional and environmental crises that are most germane to institutions of higher education. The perspectives offered in this book remind us that it is in the chaos and uncertainty of crisis that leadership becomes most visible and most critical.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. The Landscape of Crisis in Higher Education: Introduction and Context -- 2. The Social Construction of Crisis in Higher Education: The Perception of Crisis, the Reality of Crisis -- 3. The Process of Defining and Labeling Phenomena as Crises -- 4. The Characterization and Categorization of Crises in Higher Education -- 5. Centrality of Communication in the Theory and Practice of Crisis Leadership -- 6. Crisis Adaptation of Leadership Competencies Scorecard for Leaders in Higher Education -- 7. Implications for Effective Crisis Leadership in Higher Education -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author