Leaders facilitating innovation: leadership for innovation in a Finnish university in time of change

The thesis focuses on learning the experiences of leaders facilitating innovation in a Finnish university in the context of changes in the higher education sector. The study was done with the planning and data collection under the guidelines of phenomenology. The data were collected via interviewing...

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Main Author: Ta, Thuy Ngoc
Other Authors: Kasvatustieteiden ja psykologian tiedekunta, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Kasvatustieteiden laitos, Department of Education, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2018
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title Leaders facilitating innovation: leadership for innovation in a Finnish university in time of change
title_full Leaders facilitating innovation: leadership for innovation in a Finnish university in time of change
title_fullStr Leaders facilitating innovation: leadership for innovation in a Finnish university in time of change Leaders facilitating innovation: leadership for innovation in a Finnish university in time of change
title_full_unstemmed Leaders facilitating innovation: leadership for innovation in a Finnish university in time of change Leaders facilitating innovation: leadership for innovation in a Finnish university in time of change
title_short Leaders facilitating innovation: leadership for innovation in a Finnish university in time of change
title_sort leaders facilitating innovation leadership for innovation in a finnish university in time of change
title_txtP Leaders facilitating innovation: leadership for innovation in a Finnish university in time of change
topic leadership for innovation innovation leadership innovation leaders higher education change Finland. Master's Degree Programme in Educational Leadership 102 korkeakoulut muutosjohtaminen johtajuus institutions of higher education change management (leadership) leadership (properties)
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