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Testing a Model of Program Curriculum Leadership

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This study tests the curriculum leadership framework that Stark and Lattuca adapted from Quinn's model of management styles. Chairpersons of departments nominated as effective in curriculum planning answered a survey about their leadership activities and styles. Factor analysis partially supported the model. Activities that chairs reported did not correspond well, however, with leadership styles they chose as most effective.

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    Joan S. Stark

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Stark, J.S. Testing a Model of Program Curriculum Leadership. Research in Higher Education 43, 59–82 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013070117226

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