Indigenist leadership in academia : towards an aspirational model of mindful servant leadership

Kerrie E. Doyle; Catherine Hungerford; Chris Pitt; Paul Saunders; Kyar Wilkey

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Indigenist leadership in academia : towards an aspirational model of mindful servant leadership

Kerrie E. Doyle, Catherine Hungerford, Chris Pitt, Paul Saunders, Kyar Wilkey

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

The tertiary education landscape in Australia has changed over the past decade, in line with developments in other occupational settings and environments across the western world (Bienen, 2012). Australian universities are now more performance-based (Guthrie & Neumann, 2007); have insecure, non-government sources of funding (Moll & Hoque, 2011); place a strong emphasis on globalisation (Stromquist & Monkman, 2014); and have modified the way in which they support Indigenous programs (Gunstone, 2008). These kinds of changes suggest the need for academics, including Indigenous academics, to demonstrate strong leadership and management skills and abilities. For Indigenous academics, these requirements are in addition to the challenges related to ‘being black in white spaces’ (see Asmar, Mercier, & Page, 2009; White, 2009), thereby increasing the pressure not only to lead but also to be seen to lead. There is a need, then, to develop indigenist leadership models that is rigorously based on evidence and best practice.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Cultural Competence and the Higher Education Sector: Australian Perspectives, Policies and Practice
Editors	Jack Frawley, Gabrielle Russell, Juanita Sherwood
Place of Publication	Singapore
Publisher	Springer
Pages	137-157
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Electronic)	9789811553622
ISBN (Print)	9789811553615
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5362-2_8
Publication status	Published - 2020

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Aboriginal Australians
cultural competence
education, higher
leadership

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Doyle, K. E., Hungerford, C., Pitt, C., Saunders, P., & Wilkey, K. (2020). Indigenist leadership in academia : towards an aspirational model of mindful servant leadership. In J. Frawley, G. Russell, & J. Sherwood (Eds.), Cultural Competence and the Higher Education Sector: Australian Perspectives, Policies and Practice (pp. 137-157). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5362-2_8

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Indigenist leadership in academia : towards an aspirational model of mindful servant leadership. / Doyle, Kerrie E.; Hungerford, Catherine; Pitt, Chris et al.
Cultural Competence and the Higher Education Sector: Australian Perspectives, Policies and Practice. ed. / Jack Frawley; Gabrielle Russell; Juanita Sherwood. Singapore: Springer, 2020. p. 137-157.

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