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Item Higher education governance: Perceptions of rectors, council of higher education members, and government representatives(Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2018., 2018.) Akbulut, Meltem.; Seggie, Fatma Nevra.This qualitative study investigates the operation of the system governance model in Turkish higher education through the perceptions of state university rectors, Council of Higher Education (CoHE) members, and government representatives. It also examines the advantages and the challenges of this model and explores the suggestions for improvements in the model. The study is based on semi-structured interviews with fifteen rectors, twelve CoHE members, and four government representatives and informed by grounded theory. The data analysis is conducted under the conceptual framework that is derived from the literature review and coined as “Rhizomatic System Governance Process Framework.” Based on the findings, the structure operating in the system governance model appears to be law-bound, have power-centers, combine supervision of inputs and outputs, and deprofessionalize academic roles. Also, a suggestion for a pluralized coordination seems to indicate perception of system governance as a process, which is argued to be “Rhizomatic-Tree-like” in this study. The main contribution of this study to the literature is the development of the “Rhizomatic System Governance Process Framework” by taking a deconstructive and reconstructive perspective in the literature review. Although the sub-items in the framework can change from one context to another, the main items together with their sub-items as a whole can offer a new perspective in the study of the system governance of higher education.Item Leadership effectiveness of heads of departments in state universities in Turkey from the perspective of leadership roles(Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2011., 2011.) Akbulut, Meltem.; Seggie, Fatma Nevra.The purpose of the study is to investigate leadership effectiveness of leaders in state universities in Turkey from the perspective of leadership roles used to lead internal and external worlds of state universities, and the thesis defines leadership effectiveness as the utilization of multi roles to balance internal and external worlds of state universities in Turkey. There is not a lot of research in higher education regarding leadership roles and their correlations to leadership effectiveness, thus this study seeks to gain an understanding of leadership roles commonly applied by heads of departments, relationships between leadership roles and leadership effectiveness and predictors of leadership effectiveness. The population was drawn from seventy faculty members at one social science based faculty which consists of three departments at a state university in Turkey. Leadership effectiveness data was obtained using The Competing Values Managerial Behavior Instrument which was adapted for use with this sample and referred to in this study as the Leadership Effectiveness Survey. Leadership roles were correlated to leadership effectiveness. Pearson correlation was used to examine relationships among leadership roles. The leadership roles positively correlated to each other. It was further used to analyze relationships between leadership roles and leadership effectiveness. Leadership roles positively correlated to leadership effectiveness. Multiple regression was conducted to determine whether leadership roles and gender were good predictors of leadership effectiveness. Leadership roles and gender were found to be good predictors of leadership effectiveness, and the most significant predictor of leadership effectiveness was the create leadership function which included motivator, visionary, and innovator leadership roles.