Finding a Better Person-Environment Fit in the Academic Deanship

A survey of 1,017 academic deans examined the fit between academic deans and their work environments in the U.S. and Australia, relating it to multiple role stress factors, and identifying personal, institutional, and work-defining variables that either increase or decrease dean stress. Five strateg...

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Published in:Innovative higher education 2000, Vol.24 (3), p.203-226
Main Authors: Wolverton, Mimi, Gmelch, Walter, Wolverton, Marvin L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Deans
Administrator Attitudes
Australia
Comparative Education
Foreign Countries
Higher Education
Quality of Working Life
Stress
Stress Variables
Surveys
United States
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Summary:A survey of 1,017 academic deans examined the fit between academic deans and their work environments in the U.S. and Australia, relating it to multiple role stress factors, and identifying personal, institutional, and work-defining variables that either increase or decrease dean stress. Five strategies are suggested to improve the person-environment fit for academic deans. (DB)
ISSN:0742-5627
1573-1758
DOI:10.1023/b:ihie.0000047411.49250.c6