Nicole Kurker-Stewart’s dissertation examined women introverted leaders in higher education. Employing a phenomenological methodology, her work focused on what women introverted leaders in higher education described as the disadvantages, challenges, and advantages regarding the impact of their introversion on their effectiveness as leaders on campus. Study participants were employed as full-time faculty or administrative leaders at public and private higher education institutions across the United States.
Conclusions indicated that while they struggled with communication and needed time for reflection, these women exhibited agency, possessing interpersonal and intrapersonal skills that uniquely enabled them to succeed. These conclusions bolster the scholarship on introversion and leadership in higher education regarding how introverted women leaders in the academy navigate the academic arena with authentic vision and purpose.
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