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Wicked problems, complexity, and mid-level leadership in higher education: an action learning research project

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dc.contributor.authorFerris, Sean, author
dc.contributor.authorBarone, Ryan, advisor
dc.contributor.authorPoon, OiYan, committee member
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Elizabeth, committee member
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Jennifer, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-01T11:25:17Z
dc.date.available2024-01-01T11:25:17Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractPublic research universities in the United States face myriad problems, many of which result in inequitable outcomes and experiences for people from marginalized populations. How stakeholders understand, value, and pursue solutions within the complex organizational context of public higher education further complicates problems of inequity and injustice. Challenges of this type can be understood as wicked problems (Rittel & Webber, 1973) and the organizational setting of public higher education a complex adaptive system (Lohmann, 2006; Mandviwalla & Schuff, 2014). A significant gap exists in the scholarship informing how higher education leaders understand and pursue solutions to the wicked problems they face within the complex adaptive systems of public universities. For this research, I used action learning methodology to explore leadership with a small group of midlevel professionals from public universities working to address challenges of inequity and injustice. Through the action learning methodology, the research process catalyzed learning and impact for participants in their local settings. Together, the participants and I generated knowledge on leadership to address wicked problems in public universities and share the research experience through the participants' accounts of practice and our practitioner learning.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediumdoctoral dissertations
dc.identifierFerris_colostate_0053A_18070.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/237428
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartof2020-
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dc.subjectadaptive leadership
dc.subjectequity
dc.subjectwicked problems
dc.subjectcomplex adaptive systems
dc.subjectaction research
dc.subjectleadership
dc.titleWicked problems, complexity, and mid-level leadership in higher education: an action learning research project
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thesis.degree.disciplineEducation
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

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