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Role strain of African American and Caucasian chairpersons in colleges and universities
Abstract
The purpose of this dissertation is to understand more about the department chairperson position and those who fill it. Little research has been done to date to identify specific stressors experienced by department chairs and the characteristics of chairs who experience the most stress. The dissertation is concerned with describing the stressors identified in a national sample of department chairs from institutions classified as postsecondary institutions of higher education (Carnegie Commission on Higher Education, 1987). This is the first step for initiating discussion on the impact that role strain has on the African American and Caucasian chairperson in historically Black and traditionally White colleges and universities. A total of 147 department chairpersons completed the Department Chair Stress Inventory designed to measure the level of role strain experienced by the chairperson and to provide demographic information. The independent variable was chairperson group membership. Chairperson group membership refers to African American and Caucasian chairpersons in historically Black and traditionally White colleges and universities. Role strain experienced by chairpersons on their job was the dependent variable. Analysis of variance and factor analysis were used to statistically analyze the data. No evidence was found to support the existence of a significant difference in role strain between African American and Caucasian chairpersons in historically Black and traditionally White colleges and universities. When a factor analysis of the Department Chair Stress Inventory was calculated four factors were identified. The four factors were, Super-subordinate Relationships, Administrative Stress, Professional Identity and Collegial Stress. When tested there was a significant difference in the sub factor Administrative Stress perceived by chairs at historically Black and traditionally White colleges and universities.
Subject Area
School administration|Higher education|Bilingual education|Multicultural education|Occupational psychology
Recommended Citation
Carter, David Jeffrey, "Role strain of African American and Caucasian chairpersons in colleges and universities" (1994). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI9425275.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI9425275