The Challenges of Chinese University Leaders During the COVID-19 Pandemic Period: A Case Study Approach
The outbreak of COVID-19 had a profound impact on the practice of university leadership in China. This study employs a case study as the research method, interviewing five Heads of the Departments from the Z University in China to examine the challenges to leadership in Chinese universities during t...
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| description | The outbreak of COVID-19 had a profound impact on the practice of university leadership in China. This study employs a case study as the research method, interviewing five Heads of the Departments from the Z University in China to examine the challenges to leadership in Chinese universities during the COVID-19 pandemic and explores effective countermeasures. Research findings reveal that the challenges they faced manifested in the government's closed management requirements and the students' demands for freedom of entry and exit, the dynamic and flexible disciplinary development and the rigid teaching evaluation, and big data-enabled governance and the habit of human experience-oriented management. In response to these challenges, this study proposes suggestions for the Z University leaders in the post-pandemic era: establishing rules and regulations with a relaxed degree, tolerating ambiguity in online teaching, improving the ability of intelligent technology, and taking opportunities to learn. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-630b9cfba6fc42b9b69b2139cb62baa72022-12-22T00:28:31ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-05-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.881969881969The Challenges of Chinese University Leaders During the COVID-19 Pandemic Period: A Case Study ApproachXiudi Zhang0Xiaoming Tian1School of Education Science, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, ChinaSchool of International Studies, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, ChinaThe outbreak of COVID-19 had a profound impact on the practice of university leadership in China. This study employs a case study as the research method, interviewing five Heads of the Departments from the Z University in China to examine the challenges to leadership in Chinese universities during the COVID-19 pandemic and explores effective countermeasures. Research findings reveal that the challenges they faced manifested in the government's closed management requirements and the students' demands for freedom of entry and exit, the dynamic and flexible disciplinary development and the rigid teaching evaluation, and big data-enabled governance and the habit of human experience-oriented management. In response to these challenges, this study proposes suggestions for the Z University leaders in the post-pandemic era: establishing rules and regulations with a relaxed degree, tolerating ambiguity in online teaching, improving the ability of intelligent technology, and taking opportunities to learn.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.881969/fullCOVID-19authoritarian leadershipchallengesuncertainty theorycase study |
| spellingShingle | Xiudi Zhang Xiaoming Tian The Challenges of Chinese University Leaders During the COVID-19 Pandemic Period: A Case Study Approach Frontiers in Psychology COVID-19 authoritarian leadership challenges uncertainty theory case study |
| title | The Challenges of Chinese University Leaders During the COVID-19 Pandemic Period: A Case Study Approach |
| title_full | The Challenges of Chinese University Leaders During the COVID-19 Pandemic Period: A Case Study Approach |
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| title_short | The Challenges of Chinese University Leaders During the COVID-19 Pandemic Period: A Case Study Approach |
| title_sort | challenges of chinese university leaders during the covid 19 pandemic period a case study approach |
| topic | COVID-19 authoritarian leadership challenges uncertainty theory case study |
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