Examines the determinants of power and budget allocations on two campuses of a large, state university system. Faculty positions and budget allocations were a function of student enrollment and departmental power, and departmental power was related to the amount of a department's grant and contract funds as well as to its enrollment. (Author/IRT)

The effect of subunit power on resource allocation decisions in one university is examined. Measures of departmental power in a university are found to be significantly related to the proportion of the budget received, even after statistically controlling for such universalistic bases of allocation as work load of the department, national rank,…

Uses a large sample of college and university faculty to study the effects of wage inequality on satisfaction, productivity, and collaboration. Results show that increased wage dispersion within academic departments negatively affects individual faculty members' satisfaction, research productivity, and research collaboration among faculty members.…