?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+nature+of+academic+leadership+at+the+colleges+of+the+Royal+University+of+Bhutan&rft.creator=Gyeltshen%2C+Tashi&rft.subject=Academic+leadership&rft.subject=Higher+education&rft.subject=Royal+University+of+Bhutan&rft.subject=Cross-cultural+leadership&rft.subject=Buddhist-influenced+leadership&rft.description=This+qualitative+case+study+explored+leaders'+and+faculty+members'+perspectives+on+the+nature+of+academic+leadership+at+the+Royal+University+of+Bhutan+(RUB)+Colleges.+The+study+revealed+that+academic+leadership+at+the+Colleges+is+a+complex+and+emergent+fusion+of+Western+and+Buddhist+leadership.+The+research+recommended+a+hybrid+model+intended+to+inform+academic+leadership+development+in+Bhutanese+higher+education+and+contribute+to+the+realisation+of+the+Gross+National+Happiness+philosophy.+The+model+incorporates+Buddhist-influenced+leadership+and+other+relevant+leadership+approaches+and+is+expected+to+contribute+to+academic+rigour+through+effective+learning+and+research+leadership.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2015&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F86064%2F1%2FTashi_Gyeltshen_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.relation=Gyeltshen%2C+Tashi+(2015)+The+nature+of+academic+leadership+at+the+colleges+of+the+Royal+University+of+Bhutan.+PhD+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F86064%2F&rft.identifier=Faculty+of+Education%3B+Office+of+Education+Research