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Sustainable leadership and the implication for the general further education college sector

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to review the models of sustainable leadership which are currently available in the compulsory sector to establish whether the models are appropriate for post‐compulsory education, and in particular for general further education colleges. Due to the complexities of the environment in which further education colleges operate, models of sustainable leadership have not been applied to this sector. In order to achieve this, leadership challenges for further education will be explored and the sector's responses to these will be considered. Many of these challenges are based on government pressure for efficiency and effectiveness savings, and so will be contextualised in a new managerial framework. The article then goes on to examine current models of sustainable leadership, looking at whether they are applicable for general further education colleges. Should they not be appropriate, then a suggested model will be put forward which draws on the transferable components for existing models with additions which are appropriate to the post‐compulsory sector.

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Output type

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 131-148

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Journal of Further and Higher Education (Volume 35, Issue 1)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 01/01/2011

Publication status

Published - 01/01/2011

ISSN

0309-877X

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/227854
  • Scopus: 79951821101

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