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Gmelch, Walter H.; Burns, John S. – Innovative Higher Education, 1993
A study of 564 college and university department heads investigated the most stressful situations, emergent themes, and differences between department chair and faculty stressors. Most stress came from heavy workload, time pressures, confrontations with colleagues, organizational constraints, and faculty duties. Faculty and administrative…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, College Faculty, Department Heads