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McLaughlin, Gerald W.; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1975
Chairmen at 38 state and land-grant institutions were found to be involved in three major roles: academic (duties of student involvement and research), which they enjoy; administrative, which requires the majority of time and is less desirable; and leadership (related to academic personnel and program development), which is a major satisfaction.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Administrators

McLaughlin, Gerald W.; Montgomery, James R. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1976
A model from the occupational sociology literature is used to examine how the interactions of the environmental characteristics of academic departments and the personal characteristics of chairmen are related to the job satisfaction and career intentions of chairmen. (LBH)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Faculty, Department Heads, Departments

Smart, John C.; McLaughlin, Gerald W. – Research in Higher Education, 1985
The effect of administrative service as department chair on the scholarly careers of academic chemists is explored through an analysis of their publication and doctoral student productivity records over a two-decade period. The results indicate no significant difference in the productivity levels of the experimental and control groups. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Administration, College Faculty, Department Heads
Smart, John C.; McLaughlin, Gerald W. – 1984
The effect of administrative service responsibilities of chemistry department chairs on their scholarly careers as scientists was studied. The relationship between selected personal and work environment characteristics and productivity was compared for department chairs and their full-time faculty peers. A total of 67 chemists who had served as…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Chemistry, Comparative Analysis, Department Heads

McLaughlin, Gerald W.; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1977
Based on 1,198 responses from chairmen in 38 state universities, this study focuses on the perception of chairmen on where major decisions are made (university, college, or departmental level), characteristics of departments by academic field, and selected personal attributes of chairmen. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Centralization, Decision Making, Department Heads, Higher Education
McLaughlin, Gerald W.; And Others – 1980
The way that department heads interpret the effort required by college faculty to teach classes was studied with a national sample of 491 department heads in 25 major U.S. universities. Based on the responses of department heads, a model was developed to relate the effort required to teach a class to the level, size, instructional mode, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Faculty, Course Organization, Department Heads