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Peer reviewedMcLaughlin, 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
Peer reviewedMcLaughlin, 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
Peer reviewedSmart, John C.; McLaughlin, Gerald W. – Research in Higher Education, 1974
Findings suggest that Holland's theory of vocational choice can assist in the interpretation of goal priorities within the academic community. Suggestions indicate how this theory might be employed by university administrators and in subsequent research on the administration of academic departments and the roles of their chairmen. (Editor/PG)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Career Choice, Departments, Educational Administration
Peer reviewedSmart, 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
Peer reviewedSmart, John C.; McLaughlin, Gerald W. – Research in Higher Education, 1978
Examined are the specific differences in the salary reward structures of eight clusters of academic disciplines included in Biglan's three-dimensional model of the academic profession. A total of 1,320 faculty at a large research university responded to the Faculty Activity Analysis questionnaire regarding the time spent in 11 categories of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Departments, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines
Download full textSmart, 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
Peer reviewedMcLaughlin, 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
McLaughlin, Gerald W.; And Others – 1982
Differences in instructional workload between men and women college faculty were studied at a large, land-grant university. The following variables were investigated: number of weighted student credit hours, number of sections taught, number of different courses taught, and didactic hours by level of course. Because the faculty members varied in…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Credits, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis
