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Bottom-Up/Top-Down Leadership: Contradiction or Hidden Phenomenon
- The Journal of Higher Education
- The Ohio State University Press
- Volume 83, Number 5, September/October 2012
- pp. 725-760
- 10.1353/jhe.2012.0030
- Article
- Additional Information
The study advances higher education leadership and change scholarship by examining a mostly unexplored area—the convergence between grassroots leadership with top-down leadership. The study is framed by two theories: tempered radicals framework and distributed leadership. Three common example of convergence are described as well as strategies for successful convergence and common challenges experienced by bottom-up leaders.