No Laughing Matter: The Value of Humor in Educational Leadership - Couverture souple

Palestini, Robert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 161048861X ISBN 13 : 9781610488617

Editeur : R&L Education, 2012

Synopsis

Educators are not alone in perennially seeking the best leadership practices and applying them to their own leadership behavior. What constitutes effective leadership seems to be on the minds of people everywhere. Recently, there has been some seminal work done with regard to the role of humor in leadership effectiveness. Several contemporary empirical studies corroborate some earlier research that closely linked effective leadership to whether the leader possesses a well-developed sense of humor. In light of this connection between possessing a keen sense of humor and leadership effectiveness, this book profiles the leadership behavior of ten proven leaders from many walks of life whose leadership style included a highly developed sense of humor. The idea, of course, would be to look at the overall leadership behavior of these individuals, but focus especially on their symbolic frame leadership behavior in the form of humor, to determine how their behavior can inform our own particular leadership style.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Robert Palestini has been an educator for almost fifty years, serving as a high school science teacher, principal, superintendent of schools, and university dean. He is currently dean emeritus and professor of educational leadership, as well as the founding executive director of the Education Leadership Institute and Center for Catholic Urban Education at Saint Joseph's University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: R&L Education
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 161048861X
• ISBN 13: 9781610488617
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 204
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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