Riaz, Saba;
(2020)
Understanding business school deans’ role as leaders of teaching and learning – Perceptions of students, teachers and deans in Pakistani universities.
Doctoral thesis (Ph.D), UCL (University College London).
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Abstract
This doctoral thesis is motivated by the theoretical, practical, and policy imperative to better understand business school deans’ role as leaders of teaching and learning. Business school education claims to produce future leaders. However, research about the leader responsible to run the business school, i.e. the Dean, is limited. Research also suggests taking into account the needs and expectations of main stakeholders. The study therefore seeks to investigate the perceptions that key stakeholders, mainly students and teachers as well as deans themselves have on academic leadership and on teaching and learning. The empirical investigation was carried out using qualitative methods on nine purposefully selected business schools in two cities of Pakistan, three each belonging to public, private and military sectors. The developing country context of Pakistan offers a unique setting where higher education is growing significantly since the turn of this century with significant investments in human resource and infrastructure development. The study reveals similarities and differences within and across the three sectors as well as across the three stakeholders. A long list of attributes or roles associated with academic leadership and specifically teaching and learning is compiled pertaining to Pakistani higher education. The findings are discussed to elucidate the extent to which mainstream leadership theories are supported or extended. The leadership styles and theories, mainly transformational leadership and instructional leadership, are juxtaposed with each other to help explain the commonalities and variations found in the findings. Implications and recommendations for theory, practice and policy are proposed based on the evidence which was collected, analysed, and is presented in a transparent way. To extend this thesis and overcome limitations, further research opportunities are suggested based on alternative research paradigms and methods as well as through empirical studies on different educational contexts, organisational forms, and leadership roles.
| Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Qualification: | Ph.D |
| Title: | Understanding business school deans’ role as leaders of teaching and learning – Perceptions of students, teachers and deans in Pakistani universities |
| Event: | UCL |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author 2020. Original content in this thesis is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Any third-party copyright material present remains the property of its respective owner(s) and is licensed under its existing terms. Access may initially be restricted at the author’s request. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Learning and Leadership |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10104838 |
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