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Developing a Shared Vision for Change: Moving toward Inclusive Empowerment

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: Shared vision is an important process for change projects, serving to amplify success, increase participation, and erode the divide between project leaders and constituents. Yet there are few empirical examinations of the process of building shared vision within academic departments. Using focus groups and participant observation, this study examines shared vision development within 13 large-scale change projects in engineering and computer science higher education. We find that teams of faculty, staff, administrators, and students built shared vision with stakeholders through co-orientation, formational communication, and recognition of stakeholder autonomy. Our results delineate practices for developing shared vision for academic change projects and demonstrate the benefits of inclusive stakeholder empowerment.

Source: Research in Higher Education

DOI: 10.1007/s11162-020-09594-9

Authors: Kerice Doten-Snitker, Cara Margherio, Elizabeth Litzler, Ella Ingram, Julia Williams

Institutions: University of Washington, Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Organizational Change and Leadership

Subfield: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Science Foundation