The Department Chair: A Decade‐Long Analysis

Cipriano, Robert E.; Riccardi, Richard L.

doi:10.1002/dch.30144

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“…Fully 93 percent of those participating in the survey said they had once had a noncollegial person in the program, and 79 percent said they currently had such a person in their programs. These data closely parallel a similar discovery in a ten‐year study conducted by Cipriano and Riccardi (2017). In this survey, more than 2,200 department chairs responded, and 79 percent stated they currently have or have had a noncollegial person in their departments.…”

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Does Tenure Affect Collegiality?

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Buller²

2017

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Does Tenure Affect Collegiality?

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2017

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“…These findings by Prentice and Guillaume (2021) also highlight the similarities in responsibilities between community college and university department chairs, which are supported by similar findings of a university chair profile reported by Cipriano and Riccardi (2017). Both university and community college department chair obligations include responsibilities for course scheduling as well as the management and assignment of contingent or adjunct faculty to courses (Cipriano & Riccardi, 2017;Prentice & Guillaume, 2021).…”

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Transactional and Stopgap Relationships Between Community College Department Chairs and Their Adjuncts

Zoromski,

Sasso

2024

Community College Review

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe the relationship between community college department chairs and their adjunct faculty. Methods: This was a descriptive phenomenological qualitative study that used individual semi-structured interviews of 14 department chairs from a purposive sample drawn from a midwestern community college. Data analysis was conducted through two cycles of coding using phenomenological approaches. Results: Findings suggest that department chair relationships with adjunct faculty are transactional, have limited depth, and are perceived as scheduling stopgaps. Department chairs describe their connection as centered on scheduling or administration to prioritize student needs above relationship building. Contributions: The study contributes to existing research by elucidating that the department chair-adjunct didactic relationship is superficial. Department chairs, opposed to lead instructors, hold the most influence to positively influence the academic environment through a deepened relationship with adjunct faculty. Important implications for practice are provided for focused intentional efforts to humanize adjunct faculty within their institutions.

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“…Regarding suggestions for training and development practitioners, providing additional training and professional development opportunities to department chairs benefits institutions. Department chairs sorely need this support to make more effective, efficient and progressive academic human resource decisions and be more effective leaders on behalf of their organizations (Cipriano and Riccardi, 2017; Morris and Laipple, 2015; Weaver et al , 2019). Brinkley-Setzkorn and Lane’s (2019) study of department chairs resulted in a resounding need of training in people issues.…”

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Department chairs’ perceptions of union membership on academic human resource decision-making

Dzwik

Park

2022

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore unionization’s impact on university department chairs for academic human resource decision-making in terms of faculty hiring; re-employment, promotion and tenure; other faculty evaluation decisions; and discipline and discharge. Design/methodology/approach The subjects were department chairs with more than one year of experience in institutions with faculty bargaining units in the USA. Half of the department chairs were members of the bargaining unit and half were not members of the bargaining unit. T-test and Chi square statistics were used to examine and compare 136 chair responses. Findings While there were significant differences between the groups when making all academic human resource decisions based on role affiliation, there was a weak identification as a bargaining unit member. There was no difference between groups when determining how the participants perceived the process rules, and the majority of the responses indicated membership in the union does not complicate making academic human resource decisions. Originality/value Based on these findings, this study provides the first empirical evidence against a long-held administrative belief department chairs should not be unionized as they will side with union colleagues in difficult academic human resource cases. The findings of this study also produce three key recommendations for practice and faculty development.

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The Department Chair: A Decade‐Long Analysis

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Does Tenure Affect Collegiality?

Does Tenure Affect Collegiality?

Transactional and Stopgap Relationships Between Community College Department Chairs and Their Adjuncts

Department chairs’ perceptions of union membership on academic human resource decision-making

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