Educational Leadership in Higher Education: A Scientific Literature Review

Nowadays leadership became one of the most popular subjects for research field. Leader is a person who holds superior power which enables him/her to influence, lead and control people around. The main purpose of this article is to highlight and review literature of an educational leadership in a higher education. The importance of this article is to understand what sort of problems educational leadership research is facing nowadays as well as what are the innovative leader perspectives in the educational leadership. Thus, it is important to discuss more about leadership in higher education and the most relevant question is what are the trends in educational leadership in higher education from literature review perspective? Looking from a life-long learning perspective it has been noted that learning how to be a leader or how to lead your organization is a lifelong experience, which starts at an early student stage and continues until you are a teacher. References1. A. Siddique, H.D. Aslam, M. Khan and U. Fatima, Impact of academic leadership on faculty„s motivation and organizationl effectiveness in higher education system, International Journal of Academic Research, 3(3), 2011, 730-737. 2. A. Hofmeyer, B.H. Sheingold, H.C. Klopper and J. Warland, Leadership in learning and teaching in higher education: perspectives of academics in non-formal leadership roles, Contemporary Issues in Educational Research, 8(3), 2015, 181-192. 3. J. Rowley, Academic leaders: made or born? Industrial and Commercial Training, 29(3), 1997, 78 – 84. 4. B. Macfarlane, R.Y. Chan, The last judgment: exploring intellectual leadership in higher education through academic obituaries, Studies in Higher Education, 39(2), 2014, 294-306. 5. J. Kekale, ‚Preferred„ patterns of academic leadership in different disciplinary (sub) cultures, Higher Education, 37, 1999, 217-238. 6. E. Nica, The importance of leadership development within higher education, Contemporary Readings in Law and Social Justice, 5(2), 2013, 184-194. 7. N. Yardibi, Leadership in doctoral dissertations of educational sciences in Turkey, Education, 135(1), 2014, 19-24. 8. P.J. Hughes, P.D. Mist, Developing an organizational leadership graduate program: a “CHAT” about leadership education, Journal of Leadership Education, 2015, 193-203. 9. G.S.C. Hine, Student leadership development: a functional framework, Journal of Catholic education, 2014, 79-110. 10. A. Bryman, Effective leadership in higher education: a literature review, Studies in Higher Education, 32(6), 2007, 693-710. 11. L. Rupsienė, A. Skarbalienė, The characteristics of teacher leadership, Tiltai, 4, 2010, 67-76. 12. C. Jackson, S. Blandford, E. Pranckuniene and M. Vildziuniene, Lyderių laikas (Time of Leaders): Lithuania‟s response to changing leadership and learning in their schools, Professional Development in Education, 37(5), 2011, 701-719. 13. A. Riaz, M.H. Haider, Role of transformational and transactional leadership on job satisfaction and career satisfaction, BEH – Business and Economic Horizons, 1(1), 2010, 29-38. 14. E.H. Coolen, J.M. Draaisma, J.L. Loeffen, Leading teams during simulated pediatric emergencies: a pilot study, Advances in Medical Education and Practice, 6, 2015, 19-26. 15. S. Braun, C. Peus, S. Weisweiler and D. Frey, Transformational leadership, job satisfaction, and team performance: A multilevel mediation model of trust, The Leadership Quarterly, 24, 2013, 270-283. 16. D. Hermond, Determing the learning styles of prospective educational leaders, National Forum of Educational Administration and Super Vision Journal, 32(1), 2014, 47-58. 17. S. Ruggieri, C.S. Abbate, Leadership style, self-sacrifice, and team identification, Social Behavior and Personality, 41(7), 2013, 1171-1178. 18. M.R.W. Hamstra, N.W.Y. Yperen, B. Wisse and K. Sassenberg, Transformational and transactional leadership and followers„ achievement goals, Journal of Business and Psychology, 29, 2014, 413-425.