2014
DOI: 10.1037/a0038317
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African American administrators at PWIs: Enablers of and barriers to career success.

Abstract: Despite literature emphasizing the importance of their presence on college campuses to minority student success, African American administrators are severely underrepresented in higher education. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the lived experiences of successful African American student affairs administrators at predominantly White institutions and factors that serve as enablers of and barriers to their career success. Beginning with a conceptual framework derived from the scholarly liter… Show more

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“…The literature that does exist has often been concerned with particular issues or cohorts of staff, such as women moving to senior management positions, the careers of African-American staff or staff in, for example, athletic administration (see for example, Gardner, Barrett, & Pearson, 2014). There is a dearth of literature on the broader professional staff cohort, and that which has been published has used a quantitative methodology to test predicted relationships between certain variables related to, for example, career success, well-being or attrition (see for example, Nabi, 1999; Rosser, 2004).…”
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“…The literature that does exist has often been concerned with particular issues or cohorts of staff, such as women moving to senior management positions, the careers of African-American staff or staff in, for example, athletic administration (see for example, Gardner, Barrett, & Pearson, 2014). There is a dearth of literature on the broader professional staff cohort, and that which has been published has used a quantitative methodology to test predicted relationships between certain variables related to, for example, career success, well-being or attrition (see for example, Nabi, 1999; Rosser, 2004).…”
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“…PWIs need established practices for recruiting and hiring faculty of color with financial support from higher administration (Gardner, Barret, & Pearson, 2014). Institutional commitment to diversity should include educational components about diversity within and among all levels of institutional training programs (Gardner et al, 2014). The structures of race, class, gender, etc.…”
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“…intersect with power (positively or negatively) for Black faculty. Promotion and advancement of minorities often requires the individual to leave their current institution (Gardner et al, 2014). Therefore, intentional attention must be given to incorporating social-cultural support within the community for Black faculty hires.…”
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