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Leadership and branding in business schools: A Bourdieusian analysis (2014)
Journal Article
Naidoo, R., Gosling, J., Bolden, R., O'Brien, A., & Hawkins, B. (2014). Leadership and branding in business schools: A Bourdieusian analysis. Higher Education Research and Development, 33(1), 144-156. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2013.864612

This paper explores the growth of corporate branding in higher education (HE) and its use by academic and professional managers as a mechanism for not only enhancing institutional reputation but also for facilitating internal culture change. It uses... Read More about Leadership and branding in business schools: A Bourdieusian analysis.

Citizens of the academic community? A societal perspective on leadership in UK higher education (2013)
Journal Article
Bolden, R., Gosling, J., & O'Brien, A. (2014). Citizens of the academic community? A societal perspective on leadership in UK higher education. Studies in Higher Education, 39(5), 754-770. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2012.754855

This paper presents a societal perspective on academic leadership by exploring the preoccupations of academics as citizens rather than as employees, managers or individuals. It uses a listening post methodology to ask 'what is it like to be a citizen... Read More about Citizens of the academic community? A societal perspective on leadership in UK higher education.

Distributed leadership in organizations: A review of theory and research (2011)
Journal Article
Bolden, R. (2011). Distributed leadership in organizations: A review of theory and research. International Journal of Management Reviews, 13(3), 251-269. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2370.2011.00306.x

The aim of this paper is to review conceptual and empirical literature on the concept of distributed leadership (DL) in order to identify its origins, key arguments, and areas for further work. Consideration is given to the similarities and differenc... Read More about Distributed leadership in organizations: A review of theory and research.