- Alfred, R. L. (2012). Leaders, leveraging, and abundance: competencies for the future. New Directions for Community Colleges, 159, 109-120.
- Anam, Siddique; Hassan, Danial, Aslam; Mannan, Khan and Urooj, Fatima (2011). Impact of Academic Leadership on Faculty’s Motivation, and Organizational Effectiveness in Higher Education System, International Journal of Business and Social Science, Vol. 2 No. 8.
- Bass, B.M. (2008). The Bass handbook of leadership: Theory, research
- Bikmoradi, Ali, Mats Brommels, Alireza Shoghli, Zohreh Sohrabi and Italo Masiello (2008). Requirements for effective academic leadership in Iran: A Nominal Group Technique exercise, BMC Medical Education,
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/8/24.
- Black, Simon (2015). Qualities of Effective eadership in Higher Education, Open Journal of Leadership, 4, 54-66
- Bolman, L. G., & Gallos, J. V. (2011). Reframing academic leadership. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
- Carol, Cardno (2013). Images of academic leadership in large New Zealand polytechnics, Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, Vol. 35, No. 2, 124–135
- Gmelch, W. H., & Miskin, V. D. (2011). Department chair leadership skills. Madison, WI: Atwood.
- Hamidifar, F. W. Vinitwatanakhun,, Rahnamay Roodposhti (2013). Developing an Effective Academic Leadership Model at Islamic Azad University, Int. J. Manag. Bus. Res., 3 (2), 161-174.
- Hamidifar, Fatemeh & Ebrahimi, Mansoureh (2016). Academic Leadership in a Private University: An Iranian Case Study, International Education Studies; Vol. 9, No. 5.
- Inman, M. (2007). A study of how leader-academics in higher education learn to lead, A thesis submitted to The University of Birmingham.
- Jamil Anwar and Saf, Hasnu and Saquib, Yusaf, Janjua(2013). Knowledge, Wisdom, Leadership and Vision: A Conceptual Framework for Learning Organizations, World Applied Sciences Journal 28 (1): 56-65.
- Nevarez, Carlos & J. Luke Wood (2012). A Case Study Framework for Community College Leaders, Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 36:4, 310-316.
- Ramsden, P. (1998). Learning to lead in higher education. New York, NY: Routledge.
- Robani, Anidah, Syed, Namuddin, Syed, Hassan, and Hanipah Hussin (2014). Exploring the Motivation for and Barriers to Academic Leadership among Malaysian Community College Lecturers of Rural Settlement Background, Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research 22 (2): 284-290.
- Saatchi, M., Azizpour. A. (2005). Designing a model for effective academic leadership, Danshvar Raftar, Volume 12, N. 13, p1-18.
- Shahmandi, Elham & Abu Daud Silong & Ismi Arif Ismail (2011). Competencies, Roles and Effective Academic Leadership in World Class University, International Journal of Business Administration, Vol. 2, No. 1.
- Shahmandi, Elham and Hosseini, Sayed Akbar (2014), LEADERSHIP ROLES, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY, PROFESSIONALISM AND EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP IN SOCIAL SECURITY ORGANIZATION, Istanbul, Turkey, International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities, 187-194
- Shahmandi, Elhamy Silong, Abu Daud, Ismail, Ismi Arif, Bahaman Abu Samah and Zohara Omar (2013). Structural Equation Modeling Test for Relationship Between Selected Leadership Competencies and Effective Academic Leadership Styles, World Applied Sciences Journal 21 (11): 1566-1576.
- Vescio, J. (2005). UTS Successful Graduates Project: An investigation of successful graduates in the earlystages of their career across a wide range of professions. Sydney: UTS.
- Wallin, D. L. (2012). Future leaders institute: rising leaders and the AACC competencies. New Directions for Community Colleges, 159, 19-28.
- Wei-ni, Wang (2013). Community College Leadership in Taiwan, Social and Behavioral, p 659-664.
- Zakaria, Z. N. , Jizat, N. A. , Zakaria, N. (2015). Leadership Skills among Technical and Vocational Educators, Journal of Education and Practice, Vol.6, No.16.