Date of Award

Spring 5-1-2005

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department

Educational Leadership

First Advisor

Joshua Powers

Second Advisor

C. Jack Maynard

Third Advisor

Joseph Harder

Abstract

With the complex dynamics of higher education and the ever changing nature of information technology, Chief Information Officers (CIO) are finding it difficult to effectively lead the effort to integrate technology into the academic and administrative culture of higher education institutions. This in part is caused by the multiple perceptions brought to the institution by its various stakeholders. One of the more useful tools for viewing organizations and studying leadership was developed by Bolman and Deal. Bolman and Deal (1997) have categorized organizational perspectives or leadership orientations into four frames. These include the structural, human resource, political, and symbolic frames. This study used two instruments created by Bolman and Deal, Leadership Orientation Self and Other to gather data to answer the research questions concerning CIO frame use. The first instrument was filled out by 115 CIOs which focused on the self-perceptions of leadership orientations. The second instrument was filled out by others who worked with the CIO, after averaging the scores from the respondents for each institution (CIO) there were 45 usable matches. Findings from that data collected indicate that structural and political frame usage, as perceived by both self and others, had a statistically significant relationship to managerial effectiveness, as perceived by self and others. Additionally, political and symbolic frame usage, as perceived by self and others, had a statistically significant relationship to leadership effectiveness, as perceived by self and others. Furthermore, the human resource frame, as perceived by self and others, did not have a significant relationship to either managerial or leadership effectiveness. Finally, multiframed CI Os, as perceived by others, were seen as more effective managers and leaders.

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