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ERIC Number: EJ214536
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979
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The Role of the Department Head or Chairman: Discipline, Sex and Nationality as Factors Influencing Faculty Opinion.
Watson, Roy E. L.
Canadian Journal of Higher Education, v9 n3 p19-28 1979
A study of the influence of academic discipline, sex and nationality on the definition of the role of the head of a university department indicates the importance of discipline, the coordinator or representative role, and the lack of influence of nationality on expectations. (JMF)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, College Faculty, Demography, Department Heads, Foreign Countries, Governance, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Role Perception
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Canada