The perception of power in university departments: A comparison between chairpersons and faculty members

Neumann, Yoram

doi:10.1007/bf00975620

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“…The researchers then met together to compare their analysis of the transcripts. Common themes and trends that emerged across the researchers' analyses were gathered (Bogdan & Biklen, 1992;Miles & Huberman, 1998). Many soft skills were mentioned by the participants in the interviews.…”

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“I needed to learn this in my first year as a faculty member”

Branch-Mueller¹,

Stang²,

Rathi³

2023

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Organizations expect professionals to have excellent hard skills and soft skills. Researchers have examined different facets of soft skills, such as communication, teamwork, interpersonal, collaboration, and networking, among others, in different workplace contexts, including academia. In this ongoing qualitative study, researchers conducted eight semi-structured interviews with school library faculty members to learn more about the “soft skills” required in academia. Some of the key soft skills identified include time management, collaboration and teamwork, communication and conversations, leadership skills, understanding power structures, and managing people.

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“I needed to learn this in my first year as a faculty member”

Branch-Mueller¹,

Stang²,

Rathi³

2023

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“…More importantly, they identified activity streams where different interest groups had high influence. Neumann[19] found, contrary to common operating assumptions, that differences existed in the perceptions of institutional power bases between faculty and department head groups. Moreover, these differences also varied among different disciplinary sectors of universities.…”

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Post‐secondary department heads: expectations for academic leadership and authority

Jones

Holdaway

1996

International Journal of Educational Management

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ASHE‐ERIC High. Edu. Rept.

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The perception of power in university departments: A comparison between chairpersons and faculty members

Cited by 6 publications

References 21 publications

“I needed to learn this in my first year as a faculty member”

“I needed to learn this in my first year as a faculty member”

Post‐secondary department heads: expectations for academic leadership and authority

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