Winchester, IanDavalos, Jose Fernando2016-12-052016-12-0520162016http://hdl.handle.net/11023/3474We know practically nothing about academic leaders, though business leaders are well studied. This qualitative study looks in some detail at academic leadership in two large Western universities, through in depth interviews of a variety of highly successful academic leaders. It includes leaders of research in their disciplinary fields, leaders that are highly respected as outstanding teachers, and leaders that are highly respected as administrators. The study explores the academic and leadership practices of those respected academic leaders, and produces information on their leadership qualities. The analysis of the data obtained in the field established an emerging narrative about academic leadership in general, as well as new and interesting subjects related to the overall academic leadership subject. The resulting narrative also revealed evidence of positive human qualities in the academic leadership of the participants. If spirituality is to be understood as how the XIV Dalai Lama understands it, namely that qualities such as love, compassion, patience, kindness, tolerance, forgiveness and responsibility are the mark of a true spiritual person in a time, then the leaders studied in this work are all truly spiritual in nature.engUniversity 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.Education--AdministrationEducation--Adult and ContinuingEducation--HigherAcademic LeadershipServant LeadershipSpiritualitydoctoral thesis10.11575/PRISM/25041