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Ponte Academic Journal
Apr 2016, Volume 72, Issue 4

Leadership development, a rough road to travel: Evaluation of an academic leadership training intervention program

Author(s): Asia Zulfqar ,Martin Valcke, Geert Devos, Ahmed Farooq Shah, Abid Shahzad

J. Ponte - Apr 2016 - Volume 72 - Issue 4
doi: 10.21506/j.ponte.2016.4.13



Abstract:
In the literature, there is a clear gap between the number of studies about the nature of leadership practices and studies reporting about the impact of leadership training programs. The aim of the empirical study reported in this article was to raise academic leaders� awareness in view of adopting transformational leadership behavior. Leaders from a public university were involved in a training intervention program. Content analysis of interviews data collected before and after the training helped to check the impact of the training program. Compared to the �before� training situation, we find clear differences in the awareness level of leaders reflecting an impact of the training intervention program related to TL-behaviors. Next to limitations of the study, the article focuses on the design of future research.
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