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Peer reviewedCarroll, James B.; Gmelch, Walter H. – Journal for Higher Education Management, 1994
A survey of department chairs at colleges and universities investigated the administrators' perceptions of the importance of 26 administrative duties. Results reveal patterns in perceived importance of functions and perceptions of effectiveness in achieving them. Factors of hiring, discipline, gender, or orientation (manager, leader, developer,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, College Administration
Download full textGmelch, Walter H.; Parkay, Forrest W. – 1999
The Beginning Department Chair Study used qualitative methodology to examine the developing identities of 13 new department chairs at 10 public and private colleges and universities in eight states. Data were gathered during on-site semistructured interviews (approximately two per month) during the chair's first year and periodic telephone…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, College Faculty, Department Heads
Peer reviewedWolverton, Mimi; Wolverton, Marvin L.; Gmelch, Walter H. – Journal of Higher Education, 1999
College deans serve as both extensions of the presidency (through the provost) and extensions of the faculty. This puts them in situations confounded by ambiguity and role conflict. A discussion of the impact of this role conflict and ambiguity on deans, particularly the resulting high turnover and low productivity, suggests policy implications…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Ambiguity, College Administration, College Faculty
Burns, John S.; Gmelch, Walter H. – 1992
This investigation examined the dimensional sources and perceptions of occupational stress experienced by department chairs in institutions of higher education, and the influence of professional independent variables associated with these stressors. Surveys were mailed to 800 randomly selected department chairs at 100 institutions (523 surveys…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Anxiety
Gmelch, Walter H.; Gates, Gordon S. – 1995
This study examined the relationship between five stress factors (faculty role, administrative relationship, role ambiguity, perceived expectations, and administrative task) and specific personal, positional, and organizational variables in relation to their effect on the roles of department chairpersons. Using a chair stress index, administrative…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Age Differences, College Faculty
Gmelch, Walter H.; And Others – 1996
A three-phase study examined department chair stress as a multidimensional construct with links to multiple variables and consisting of three phases: American, Australian, and cross-cultural. In this study of the third-phase, researchers conducted cross-cultural comparisons of department chair stress factors, perceptions, and consequences using…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Attitudes, College Faculty, Cross Cultural Studies
