Leadership Succession: How New Deans Take Charge and Learn the Job

Executive Summary Deans usually come to their positions without leadership training, without prior executive experience, without a clear understanding of the ambiguity of their new roles, without recognition of the metamorphic changes that occur, and without an awareness of the toll their new positi...

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Published in:The Journal of leadership studies 2000-09, Vol.7 (3), p.68-87
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