Transforming the paradigm of public university leadership into a more political one in emerging nations: a case of Bangladesh

• Main Author: Alam, Gazi Mahabubul
• Format: Article
• Published: Inderscience 2023
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/108338/; https://www.inderscience.com/offers.php?id=130667
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Studies have examined the impact of political interference on ˜instructional, ˜constructive and ˜distributed models of leadership. There is not enough evidence on whether the leadership of universities is now a political one, and/or its impacts; that is the subject of this investigation. Considering Bangladesh as a case study, this qualitative study discovered that the public university sector does not appear to follow ˜instructional and ˜constructive models, let alone ˜distributed leadership. Without recognising and utilising an established education leadership model, political leadership does in fact manage the university. This cultivates ˜corruption and ˜nepotism which interfere with real higher education. Innovation of a specialised model for university leadership is consequently particularly suited to emerging nations and well-timed.