Developing an identity as an EdD leader: A reflexive narrative account.

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Tupling, Claire and Outhwaite, Deborah Emily 2017. Developing an identity as an EdD leader: A reflexive narrative account. Management in Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/0892020617734819
AuthorsTupling, Claire and Outhwaite, Deborah Emily
Abstract

This article considers the challenges encountered by a recently appointed assistant programme leader in establishing an identity as a leader of an EdD programme. In discussing literature on the development of the EdD, the article recognizes an existing concern with student identity but highlights a need to consider the development of the EdD leader’s identity as a leader. Employing a reflexive narrative, the article emphasizes the centrality of the leader’s disabled identity in considering the role of assistant programme leader and thus becoming a leader. The EdD is identified as a social space where colleagues are often engaged in their professional learning with the EdD leadership team providing support. This article tracks some of the commonplace behaviours around such learning in a post-1992 institution, and discusses the implications for EdD leadership and management teams when trying to consider and implement changes to established organizational cultures.

KeywordsDoctorate of Education; Higher education; Identity; Leadership; Social spaces; Leadership development; Professional learning; Management
Year2017
JournalManagement in Education
PublisherSage
ISSN08920206
17419883
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1177/0892020617734819
Web address (URL)http://hdl.handle.net/10545/622176
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Publication dates22 Nov 2017
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Deposited20 Feb 2018, 13:51
ContributorsUniversity of Derby and University of Warwick
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