This book is primarily aimed at those who have, or will have, a role in leading departments
or teams in higher education institutions. It examines the ways in which mainstream …

This study describes the quality of academic worklife (QAWL) within a comprehensive
university in Australia. Academics responded to the Academic Work Environment Survey, a …

Universities and academics today are facing challenges that require more active and self-
interested management. The book argues that higher education in the future will not become …

This paper identifies positive (motivating) and negative (demotivating) sources of academic
work motivation in Australian universities. In 1998, the Academic Work Environment Survey …

This paper examines the relationships between academic deans' roles, conflict, and
ambiguity, and postulates that the same roles in which they engage today are regarded as …

The study reports and documents an analysis of responses of three leaders in a tertiary
institution in Australia. An interview schedule was prepared to obtain responses from the …

This empirical study examined a sample of 210 academic deans in research and doctoral
institutions in the United States to investigate the relationship between academic discipline …

Associate deans serve critical leadership roles in the functioning and management in higher
education administration, but there is little professional preparation for the role. This study …

This paper explores the adequacy of existing coaching competency frameworks to address
the complexities of coaching academic deans. The unit of analysis of this interpretative and …

The object of this study is to explore academic stress amongst academics (those who are
employed by full/part time, hourly paid, and who may be lecturers/tutors/instructors …