Department chairpersons from English and biology departments at four year institutions were surveyed and analyzed. The results of this survey were compared to those obtained by McGuire in a survey of history department chairpersons. / There are a number of characteristics of the chairperson and their perceptions which do not show an association with discipline. These include the age of the chairperson and sex, the length of term of office, the administrative training which the chairperson received before coming into office, their perception of power of the central administration and faculty influence and departmental autonomy. / There were several characteristics and perceptions which did show an association with discipline. These included method of selection, coming to the position from outside of the department, specified term, previous administrative experience, perception of responsibilities, competition for budget, perception of departmental strength and stature, perception of enrollment, and perception of staffing trends. In addition, these associations were as one would have predicted from the Biglan model with English and history associated more closely than either is with biology department chairpersons. / In addition, discriminant function analysis was used to separate the responses of the department chairpersons by discipline, type of institution (public or private), department size and highest degree awarded by the department. Each of these groups could be significantly separated individually by functions generated from the variables dealing with each of the research questions or from the post hoc variables generated by the univariate analyses. Further, groups comprised of discipline in combination with any other structural variable (size, type of institution, or highest degree) could be separated by functions generated from the variables dealing with influence or with teaching. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-09, Section: A, page: 2582. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1985.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75642 |
| Contributors | HAYWARD, PATRICIA CARROLL., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 213 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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