This is a fascinating question that cuts to the heart of what's wrong with higher education today. Generally speaking, and on the basis of evidence from the UK, Australia and to a lesser extent the USA, Vice-Chancellors and Presidents are not outstanding scholars, and have little respect for social science theory. Despite the fact that Universities boast "world-class" business schools, they don't use their expertise, and institutional politics tends to perpetuate their use as a cash cow. Vice Chancellors in the UK operate according to the concerns of boards of hovernors, or council, who are largely non-academic and external. They have little understanding or concern with the University as dedicated to public good - sustainability is largely a means to an end, and that end is "competitive advantage", however they construct that. Leadership is about numbers, big data, operating financial tools and derivatives that have no place in such institutions, and creating often transparently manipulative rhetorics to mask real authoritarian intentions - sometimes they don't even bother with that. If "leadership" is driven by theory, it is not the theory of leadership (although that in itself is questionable). How are VC/Ps trained? What do consultants feed them? How do they understand the concepts of "market" and "brand", how do they apply them and why do they think they are appropriate? What practices do they then adopt? How do they network and share/exchange knowledge and what role does social capital play? What role does private capital play? How do they exploit the law to maintain their position? How do they restrict competition between their institutions in critical areas? How do they play internal and external politics? Does social mobility feature in their understanding of "leadership"? How are concepts like "sustainability" commoditised? How are staff rewarded and developed? How msny University leaders have received big bonuses (and for what) whilst imposing austerity rehimes? How do they respond to criticism? How do they construct "change" and "agency" in practice? I'd be interested to see a proper analysis of how principles (theory), policy, practice, performance and politics connect. You might take a look at "critical leadership theory" (eg Learmonth and Morrell) which explores the sort of terrain that lies between leadership theory and and progressive social and environmental concerns like sustainability.

Thank you for your response. You definitely provided food for thought.

From my readings, I noted that some scholars proposed a combination of styles from the inclusive, visionary, creative, altruistic and the radical approaches to enable sustainability leadership. While others indicated that sustainability leadership required a framework that factored in the external (ecological, economic, political, cultural, and community) and internal contexts (sector, industry, organisational reach, organisational culture, governance structure, and leadership role). Any thoughts on this?@

Relying on the integrative team style of teaching alternating between

Student and teacher.

Dear Charmain Subero-Salandy ,

Ethical change management could change the ethical culture and ethical leadership which affects teacher satisfaction and school performance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kindly visit the link, for a qualitative study.

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The aim of Sustainable Leadership is to lead an organization toward sustainable development by implementing socially responsible activities.

Social innovation is used as a mechanism for sustainable leadership in higher education.

Please refer attached article. It will be helpful in your research study.

Sustainable leadership requires that leaders pay serious attention to leadership succession. This can be achieved through grooming successors for them to continue with reforms, and keeping successful leaders in schools much longer, especially if they are making great strides in promoting learning https://epale.ec.europa.eu/en/blog/theory-sustainable-leadership-education

Leaders develop sustainability by committing to and protecting deep learning in their schools; by trying to ensure that improvements last over time, especially after they have gone; by distributing leadership and responsibility to others; by considering the impact of their leadership on the schools and communities ... https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1299947.pdf

https://www.ascd.org/el/articles/the-seven-principles-of-sustainable-leadership

Integrity towards handling clients of diverse capabilities and backgrounds.

Please find the attached file.

Suggest the following paper:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352477826_How_the_AIS_can_Improve_its_Contributions_to_the_UN's_Sustainability_Development_Goals_Towards_A_Framework_for_Scaling_Collaborations_and_Evaluating_Impact