Leadership Models for Internationalising Higher Education Institutions in Japan
| dc.contributor.advisor | Eaton, Sarah E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Colpitts, Bradley D. F. | |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Chua, Catherine | |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Sabbaghan, Soroush | |
| dc.date | 2021-02 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-10-29T20:59:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-10-29T20:59:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-10 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Amidst the growing demand for internationalisation of the higher education (HE) market globally, and demographic and social challenges domestically, the Japanese government has instituted a series of initiatives intended to create a robust, globally competitive HE sector. This objective attests to both the demands for Japan to foster globally competitive human resources among its own population and a desire to attract competent researchers to secure the nation’s standing in the global knowledge economy. However, despite a substantial investment of resources in overseeing this transformation, research on the topic suggests modest results at best. At the root of many of these challenges is a failure to foster an internationalised professorate, despite international faculty being identified as key to internationalisation. Conspicuous in its absence is a lack of literature on the role of leadership in strengthening this capacity, which the present study addressed. Leveraging Bass’s (1985) full range leadership model, the study employed an explanatory sequential mixed methods design (ESMMD) to examine the leadership preferences of Japanese and non-Japanese English as a Foreign Language (EFL) instructors working within the Japanese higher education system. The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire was first administered to assess and compare leadership preferences between Japanese (n = 26) and non-Japanese (n = 136) EFL faculty members and leaders embedded within Japanese higher education institutions (HEIs). The results informed a second phase of semi-structured interviews with five Japanese (n = 5) and five non-Japanese (n = 5) EFL faculty and leaders and elicited their opinions on effective leadership and the role of leadership in overseeing internationalisation processes. The results of the study suggested a statistically significant difference between Japanese and non-Japanese respondents’ leadership preferences, with non-Japanese scoring the transformational leadership construct higher. Five central themes were identified in the qualitative data which provided further insight into this phenomenon and suggested some practical ways HE leaders in Japan might embolden international faculty within and beyond the scope of the FRLM. The paper concludes by proposing a three-facet model, focused on leadership training, diversity building, and research, which suggests way to strengthen Japanese HEI leadership’s ability to create more internationalised professorates and institutions. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Colpitts, B. D. F. (2021). Leadership models for internationalising higher education institutions in Japan (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/39365 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1880/114080 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Werklund School of Education | en_US |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Calgary | en |
| dc.rights | University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Japan | en_US |
| dc.subject | internationalization | en_US |
| dc.subject | educational leadership | en_US |
| dc.subject | higher education | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Education--Higher | en_US |
| dc.title | Leadership Models for Internationalising Higher Education Institutions in Japan | en_US |
| dc.type | doctoral thesis | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Education Graduate Program – Educational Research | en_US |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Calgary | en_US |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Education (EdD) | en_US |
| ucalgary.item.requestcopy | true | en_US |