The problem of the study was to compare the perceived roles of various subsets of division chairpersons in Florida's public community colleges and the perceptions of academic deans in the same system. / Using a framework of role conflict and role ambiguity, the researcher developed, with the assistance of a jury of community college educators, an instrument that contained statements of thirty-one management activities. The respondents were asked to evaluate each activity in terms of importance and performance, using two Likert type scales with ranges of 1 to 5. The instrument was a modified version of a questionnaire used by the Institute for Departmental Leadership at Florida State University to collect data from academic middle managers at the state universities in Florida. / The survey instrument was sent to each of the 160 division chairpersons and the 42 chief academic officers in the population. The response rate was 66 per cent for chairpersons and 69 per cent for chief academic officers. All usable data were analyzed using the Statistical Analysis System (SAS) software procedures for computing means and other statistics. / The major conclusions of this study were as follows: (1) Division chairpersons do not have teaching or administrative experience at another college but consider themselves to be administrators. Also, they earned their highest degree held while at the college. (2) Division chairpersons are satisfied with administration and wish to continue in that role. (3) The role of the division chairperson at small community colleges is more like that of a faculty member. (4) Where there is congruence between importance and performance of management tasks, the activities are considered to be of low importance. (5) Chief academic officers are more satisfied with the performance of chairpersons than the chairpersons themselves. (6) Chief academic officers give more importance to a chairperson's management activities internal to the division; chairpersons give a higher ranking to activities affecting the overall institution. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 44-12, Section: A, page: 3613. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1983.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75253 |
| Contributors | SAMUELS, KEITH T., JR., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 168 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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