Emotional dimensions of educational administration and leadership

• Other Authors: Samier, Eugénie Angèle, 1954-, Schmidt, Michèle.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York : Routledge, c2009.
• Subjects: School management and organization > Social aspects.; Educational leadership > Social aspects.; Emotions > Social aspects.; EDUCATION > General. > Administration; Electronic books.
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Exploring foundational theories for emotional dimensions of educational administration and leadership this collection covers a broad range of topics, such as ethics, personality, social justice, gender discrimination and organisational culture.

Table of Contents:

• The romantic philosophy of mind : the elevation of emotion to the (anti- )heroic ideal / Eugenie A. Samier
• Philosophy and authority : passion in ambivalence / Nigel Tubbs
• Kierkegaard, emotion, and the individual : passion of the infinite as the truth for educational leadership / Yaroslav Senyshyn
• Unconscious dynamics in the educational organisation : psychoanalytic contributions to administration and leadership studies / Eugenie A. Samier
• Towards a critical theory of emotions in educational leadership and administration : building on concepts from Jürgen Habermas / Peter Milley
• Desks and office spaces : personal, emotional, and organisational sites for leading / Sheri Klein
• The politics of emotions : affective economies, ambivalence, and transformation / Michalinos Zembylas
• Measures of hope and despair : emotionality, politics, and education / Jill Blackmore
• My head and my heart : de-constructing the historical/hysterical binary that conceals and reveals emotion in educational leadership / Cheryl L. Bolton and Fenwick W. English
• Accountability and the educational leader : where does fear fit in? / Michèle Schmidt
• The political economy of the emotions : individualism, culture and markets, and the administration of the self in education / Richard Bates
• "Let's get personal" : disrupting gender norms in educational organisations / Janice Wallace
• The leader and the team : emotional context in educational leadership / Megan Crawford
• Emotional engagement with leadership / Peter Gronn
• The problem of narcissists in positions of power : the grandiose, the callous, and the irresponsible in educational administration and leadership / Eugenie A. Samier and Terryl Atkins.