Title: Transforming the paradigm of public university leadership into a more political one in emerging nations: a case of Bangladesh

Authors: Gazi Mahabubul Alam

Addresses: Department of Foundation of Education, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Abstract: Studies have examined the impact of political interference on 'instructional', 'constructive' and 'distributed' models of leadership. There is not enough evidence on whether the leadership of universities is now a political one, and/or its impacts; that is the subject of this investigation. Considering Bangladesh as a case study, this qualitative study discovered that the public university sector does not appear to follow 'instructional' and 'constructive' models, let alone 'distributed' leadership. Without recognising and utilising an established education leadership model, political leadership does in fact manage the university. This cultivates 'corruption' and 'nepotism' which interfere with real higher education. Innovation of a specialised model for university leadership is consequently particularly suited to emerging nations and well-timed.

Keywords: leadership models; instructional; constructive; distributed; political interference in leadership; politics in leadership.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIE.2023.130667

International Journal of Management in Education, 2023 Vol.17 No.3, pp.277 - 296

Received: 19 May 2022
Accepted: 27 Jun 2022
Published online: 02 May 2023 *

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