Research On Behavior Of College Leaders

The purpose of this study is that to explore the status of leadership behavior of our country's colleges and universities by Competing Values Framework (CVF), to analyse the differences between the situations of leadership behavior under the different background variables. The method used for the study is Questionnaire. The object of the study are college and university leaders including presidents and vice- presidents, secretaries and deputy secretaries, and secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection .The thesis is divided into six parts.Part I: Introduction. First introduces the origins of this study; then describes the research ideas, methods and significance; Finally, the related concepts of the article have been defined.Part II: Research Summary. First sorts out the trajectory of the development of the leadership theory, followed by focusing on the essential contents and related researches on the theory of CVF.Part III: Introduces the research object of this article, the survey instrument and the steps and methods of the study.Part IV: Analyses the data by descriptive statistics, item analysis, independent sample one-way ANOVA and other statistical methods separately. This study reaches the following conclusions:Overall, the leaders of colleges and universities prefer to producing results and managing processes rather than leading change and relating to people.In different gender, there is significant difference in encouraging participation, anticipating customer needs,inspiring people to exceed expectations, relating to people. In different titles, there is significant difference in relating to people. In different population of student at school, there is significant difference in acknowledging personal needs, initiating significant change, clarifying policies, and leading change. In different school history, there is significant difference in encouraging participation, and clarifying policies. There is no significant difference, or no difference in different academic degree, position, years of service, school level, the city and region where the city colleges and universities is.Part V: According to the research findings, puts forward the specific proposals as follows:(A) Adoping the thinking of Janusian leadershipIn order to deal with contradictions and paradoxes of Organizations, we should avoid the either-or linear mode of thinking, adopt a different way of thinking - janusian thinking - to consider. This janusian model can integrate different or opposing opinions, take two contradictory concepts incorporated into one framework. Competing Values Framework is that research approach based on such janusian model, It explains how the value of conflict exist in the organization with each other, It makes people understand that the conflicting values in organizations is of symbiotic co-existence, and interdependence. Therefore, if adopting the competing values framework, avoiding the habit of Polarized thinking, taking the janusian vision, playing multiple leadership roles and leadership abilities, using a wide range of appropriate leadership behaviors, it would be helpful for us to understand and deal with contradictions and paradoxes, and to adapt to rapidly changing organizational environment and values of modern society that is becoming more and more diversified.(B) Strengthen capacity building of transformational leadership and interpersonal leadershipWith the popularization of higher education, economic globalization and the advent of the knowledge society, higher education must change to adapt to the changes in time, College Leaders need to strengthen their own ability of transformational leadership. Facing the change of internal and external environment, College Leaders must possess highly sensitive capabilities of detection, accurately grasp the needs of the community and timely adjust the direction of development of school, enhance education quality, meet the community's demand for a variety of useful talents, enhance the capacity and skills for both internal and external resources as a core competitiveness of school development.Meanwhile, the College Leaders also should pay attention to interpersonal leadership skills in order to promote harmony of school. College Leaders should set up partnership with their subordinates, pay attention to the voice of his subordinates, try to resolve the difficulties of their work and life, encourage subordinates to participate in school decision-making in democratic and open attitude, enable them to participate in planning and implementation of various activities; The College leaders should be available to be concerned about the team process, to create a harmonious atmosphere, to enhance the cohesion and increase the centripetal force,so as to reduce the damage caused by interpersonal conflict on school work as possible.