Openness and Decision Making in the Search for a University Provost.

Eisenberg, Eric M.; Murphy, Alexandra; Andrews, Linda

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ERIC Number: EJ571727

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Publication Date: 1998

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Openness and Decision Making in the Search for a University Provost.

Eisenberg, Eric M.; Murphy, Alexandra; Andrews, Linda

Communication Monographs, v65 n1 p1-23 Mar 1998

Identifies key elements in a Florida university's year-long search and selection process for a provost. Highlights three narrative views of the process as integrated, differentiated, and fragmented. Concludes that search-committee members used differing interpretations as rhetorical resources for performing arguments to various audiences. (SR)

Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Communication Research, Higher Education, Organizational Communication, Search Committees (Personnel)

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Florida

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