ROLE OF NURSING SCHOOL DEANS, AS PERCEIVED BY NURSING SCHOOL FACULTY AND DEANS.
Contributors: University of Pittsburgh.
Published: 1985
Number of pages: 142
Subjects: Education, Higher.
Description: The purpose of the study was to describe how faculty members and deans perceive the dean's role. The research questions were: (1) What are faculty members' perceptions of the decanal role? (2) What are deans' perception of the decanal role? (3) How do faculty members' and deans' perceptions compare?.

Thirty deans and two hundred forty-two faculty were study subjects. Only schools located in academic health science centers in the United States were used for selection of study subjects. The symbolic interaction aspect of role theory and organizational theory provided the conceptual framework for this descriptive study.

Data were collected on a mailed questionnaire designed for the study. A 78% return rate (N - 342) was obtained with three follow-up letters. Frequency distributions, measures of central tendency, rank ordering and Spearman's rho were the major forms of data analysis. The findings showed a close relationship between faculty members' perceptions of the decanal role and deans' perceptions of the decanal role. The following conclusions were drawn: (1) Faculty members perceive the dean's role to be that of an administrator with duties and responsibilities internal and external to the school and the university. (2) Deans perceive the dean's role to be that of an administrator with duties and responsibilities internal and external to the school and the university. (3) Faculty members and deans do not give high priority to the scholarly aspects of the dean's role. (4) Faculty members and deans do not consider directing student affairs, directing the curriculum, and serving on faculty committees as primary aspects of the dean's role.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-06, Section: A, page: 1530.

Thesis (PH.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, 1985.

School code: 0178.