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Leadership in Academia of Pakistan: Perception of Crisis Situation and Solutions

    Shehla A. Yasin

    Department of Gender & Development Studies, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan

    Syeda Shahida Batool

    Govt. College University, Lahore, Pakistan

    Muhammad Asir Ajmal

    Govt. College University, Lahore, Pakistan


Received
07 Jan, 2015
Accepted
23 Oct, 2019
Published
31 Dec, 2019

In current study, aim was to explore effective academic leadership in Pakistani higher education institutes. It was an attempt to understand how people in academia perceive effective academic leadership and what are the qualities expected in an effective academic leader? It was also attempted to explore if academicians feel that there is a crisis of leadership in Pakistani higher education institutes? What are the reasons and solution for this crisis situation? Purposive sampling technique was used to select a sample of teachers, students, and psychologists. Three focus groups were conducted one after another. Sample (N = 21) included 13 women and 8 men with age range 21- 50 years. Sample was selected from different private and public universities and hospitals of Lahore. Emerging themes were analyzed using bottom up thematic analysis. Results indicated that an effective academic leader should have IQ and EQ, be visionary, and should bring everyone together. The participants mostly agreed that there is leadership crisis in Pakistani higher education institutes. They described various reasons for the crisis situation which mainly implied the responsibility to existing leaders, infrastructure, social decline, and policies.

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APA-7 Style
Yasin, S.A., Batool, S.S., Ajmal, M.A. (2019). Leadership in Academia of Pakistan: Perception of Crisis Situation and Solutions . Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research, 34(4), 671-692. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2019.34.4.37

ACS Style
Yasin, S.A.; Batool, S.S.; Ajmal, M.A. Leadership in Academia of Pakistan: Perception of Crisis Situation and Solutions . Pak. J. Psychol. Res 2019, 34, 671-692. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2019.34.4.37

AMA Style
Yasin SA, Batool SS, Ajmal MA. Leadership in Academia of Pakistan: Perception of Crisis Situation and Solutions . Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research. 2019; 34(4): 671-692. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2019.34.4.37

Chicago/Turabian Style
Yasin, Shehla, A., Syeda Shahida Batool, and Muhammad Asir Ajmal. 2019. "Leadership in Academia of Pakistan: Perception of Crisis Situation and Solutions " Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research 34, no. 4: 671-692. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2019.34.4.37