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Mid-Level Community College Leaders and Competencies for Success: A Qualitative Study

Gonzalez, Katherine Elizabeth
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=frank1686847122896111

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2023, Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Organizational Leadership , Franklin University, International Institute for Innovative Instruction.
Mid-level leaders are caught in the middle of their organizational hierarchy, reporting to senior administrators while also leading or managing entry-level staff (Bodine Al-Sharif, García, & McNaughtan, 2021). They are often asked to collaborate, build relationships, and share information with college and community stakeholders and in the community (Baber, 2020). However, midlevel leaders are often overlooked with regards to professional development (McPhail & McPhail, 2020). There is also a severe lack of research specific to this group’s needs and experiences, although it is the largest nonacademic professional grouping in community colleges (Eddy, VanDerLinden, & Hartman, 2023). To address the gap in knowledge on mid-level leaders, I conducted a qualitative study of emerging staff leaders at a larger Midwestern community college. This study adds to existing literature on competencies for community college leadership, with a primary goal of assessing the experiences of mid-level managers and leadership skills for success through a qualitative study. A goal for this study was to gather takeaways for future leadership development. The valuable information gleaned from this study can inform objectives for leadership development trainings to ensure that they are truly pertinent to leaders at the middle level of community colleges. Participants identified several training priorities, such as conflict management, communication styles, diversity, and clarification of institutional policy. The findings support those of other studies on mid-level leaders which characterized this group as champions of communication and collaboration within the college (Amey, Garza Mitchell, Rosales, & Giardello, 2020).
Valerie Storey (Committee Chair)
Chad Weirick (Committee Member)
Bora Pajo (Committee Member)
214 p.
Community College Education; Community Colleges; Educational Leadership
Community college; competencies; mid-level leader; collaboration

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  • Gonzalez, K. E. (2023). Mid-Level Community College Leaders and Competencies for Success: A Qualitative Study [Doctoral dissertation, Franklin University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=frank1686847122896111

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Gonzalez, Katherine. Mid-Level Community College Leaders and Competencies for Success: A Qualitative Study. 2023. Franklin University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=frank1686847122896111.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Gonzalez, Katherine. "Mid-Level Community College Leaders and Competencies for Success: A Qualitative Study." Doctoral dissertation, Franklin University, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=frank1686847122896111

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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