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ERIC Number: EJ497845
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-1546
On the Making of Hard Times and Good Times: The Social Construction of Resource Stress.
Neumann, Anna
Journal of Higher Education, v66 n1 p3-31 Jan-Feb 1995
A study of two colleges examined how the president's communicative behavior affects organizational life, viewed from a social constructivist perspective. It is concluded that the president can inadvertently create hard times even in good financial circumstances and abate them during serious financial decline. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, College Administration, College Environment, College Presidents, Constructivism (Learning), Economic Climate, Financial Problems, Higher Education, Leadership Qualities, Organizational Communication, Power Structure, Stress Variables
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Social Constructivism