A Discourse Analysis of Portrayals of Community College Leadership in the "Chronicle"

Autor/inn/en	Wilson, Kristin B.; Cox, Elizabeth
Titel	A Discourse Analysis of Portrayals of Community College Leadership in the "Chronicle"
Quelle	In: Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 36 (2012) 4, S.279-290 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1066-8926
DOI	10.1080/10668926.2012.637866
Schlagwörter	Community Colleges; Democratic Values; Discourse Analysis; Literary Devices; Leadership; Feminism; Figurative Language; Periodicals; News Reporting; Equal Education; Journal Articles; College Presidents; College Administration; Masculinity; Leadership Styles + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Diskursanalyse; Literaturarbeit; Führung; Führungsposition; Feminismus; Periodical; Journal; Zeitschrift; Fachzeitschrift; Periodikum; News report; Reportage; Journal article; Zeitschriftenaufsatz; College president; Hochschulpräsident; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Männlichkeit; Führungsstil
Abstract	The hero motif is well-nourished in Western culture through music, movies, and novels. Westerners understand the notion of a hero, and want to both have and be a hero. This extends to our organizational life. However, the masculine hero motif is self-focused, and, from our perspective, therefore, a failed hero. Joseph Campbell's hero motif of an other-focused hero offers a feminist-inspired metaphoric understanding of community college leadership. First, we wondered if and how the hero motif is used in the Chronicle of Higher Education reporting about leaders and leadership. Second, we wondered if the motif still has value and resonance in an organizational life premised on the ideals of feminism--equality, democracy, and emancipation. We employed the methods of discourse analysis to study 40 "Chronicle" articles about community college leaders and leadership, finding few examples of Campbell's hero-leader but many indications that the masculine hero model is still used to understand leading. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10