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ERIC Number: EJ1303129
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Aug
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0742-5627
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Academic Department Chairs: Heightened Complexity, Accentuated Liminality, and Competing Perceptions of Reinvention
Gigliotti, Ralph A.
Innovative Higher Education, v46 n4 p429-444 Aug 2021
This article explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on academic department chairs. Through a survey of 172 department chairs in the United States, the central findings of this research--intensified challenges, a multidirectional leadership pivot, and competing perceptions of higher education reinvention--reinforce the liminality of the academic chairperson role, highlight the need for increased training and development opportunities for individuals engaged in this work, and offer a reminder of ensuring that the broader perspectives of department chairs are included in efforts to reinvent institutions of higher education. These findings depict crisis leadership as a required competency for academic leaders.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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