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Universal Journal of Management Vol. 12(3), pp. 23 - 34
DOI: 10.13189/ujm.2024.120301
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The Circuit Breaker Keeps Tripping: Investigating the Effects of Leadership Styles Prevalent in South African Community Education and Training Colleges
Lynette Lulama Mbatha 1, Jeffrey Siphiwe Mkhize 2,*
1 Education and Development Studies, School of Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
2 Writing Centre, Department of Teaching and Learning, Durban University of Technology, South Africa
ABSTRACT
This paper examines how college leadership drives the transformation agenda in community colleges in South Africa. This paper offers a case of leadership prevalent in two South African Community Education and Training (CET) colleges. The main participants in this study were those entrusted with various leadership roles within the colleges under investigation. Data were generated using interviews, focus groups and questionnaires. The transformational leadership theory was used as an analytical lens. We assert that CET college leadership is pivotal in directing organisational transformation and executing policy directives. Research indicates that overseeing change demands competencies in transformational leadership. We contend that these skills are only partially inherent in CET colleges. The lack of transformational leadership skills at CET colleges has implications for implementing policy and change management. We further argue that the lack of stimulation and consideration and the college leadership's inability to rally critical stakeholders' support inhibit the mandate's successful implementation. We recommend that transformational leadership skills largely guide leadership practice and cascade these skills to all system levels by questioning core assumptions, rallying support for a collective vision, and enhancing all stakeholders' principles, outlook, purpose, and ethical standards.
KEYWORDS
Community College, Adult Education, Leadership, Transformational Leadership Theory, Change Management
Cite This Paper in IEEE or APA Citation Styles
(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Lynette Lulama Mbatha , Jeffrey Siphiwe Mkhize , "The Circuit Breaker Keeps Tripping: Investigating the Effects of Leadership Styles Prevalent in South African Community Education and Training Colleges," Universal Journal of Management, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 23 - 34, 2024. DOI: 10.13189/ujm.2024.120301.
(b). APA Format:
Lynette Lulama Mbatha , Jeffrey Siphiwe Mkhize (2024). The Circuit Breaker Keeps Tripping: Investigating the Effects of Leadership Styles Prevalent in South African Community Education and Training Colleges. Universal Journal of Management, 12(3), 23 - 34. DOI: 10.13189/ujm.2024.120301.