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ERIC Number: EJ599532
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0361-0365
The Academic Dean: An Imperiled Species Searching for Balance.
Gmelch, Walter H.; Wolverton, Mimi; Wolverton, Marvin L.; Sarros, James C.
Research in Higher Education, v40 n6 p717-40 Dec 1999
Discusses the role of the academic dean and its conflicting pressures of administration and scholarship. Reports on the first phase of a study exploring the sources of stress experienced by 825 deans in both Australia and the United States. Analyzes findings in terms of a four-component managerial stress model and provides tables detailing deans' responses to a stress inventory. (DB)
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Administrator Role, College Administration, Cultural Differences, Data Analysis, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Models, Quality of Working Life, Stress Variables
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Australia