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Understanding Workplace Satisfaction of Midlevel Student Affairs Administrators
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Brandon R. G. Smith – Journal of Education Human Resources, 2025
The sustainability of the student affairs profession continues to be questioned, as is the conditions influencing attrition and "burnout" of those working in the student affairs profession over time. Therefore, understanding the workplace conditions of midlevel student affairs administrators continues to be an important area of inquiry…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Workers, Administrators, Administrator Attitudes, Work Attitudes
'Split in All Directions': An Exploration of the Impact of Wellbeing and Daily Responsibilities on Post-Primary School Leaders' Perceived Stress
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Burke, Jolanta; Kinnarney, Paula; Salokangas, Maija – School Leadership & Management, 2022
Stress is an inevitable part of school leadership. However, little is known about the main causes of school leaders' stress in Ireland, and their association with workplace wellbeing and leaders' daily responsibilities. The current paper aimed to address this gap. A cross-sectional, mixed-methods design survey was conducted with 267 school leaders…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, School Administration, Administrator Attitudes, Stress Variables
Closing the Performance Gap; Results-Centered Employee Development.
Kellogg, Marion S. – 1967
This is a handbook for those who get work done through other people; it concentrates on that part of their task which has to do with encouraging employees to develop abilities and attitudes which assure accomplishment. It presents principles and practices which apply to all employees. Chapters cover Employee Development: A Business "Must,"…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrators, Business, Employees
Who Do You Think You Are? The Director as Role Model for a Caring Community.
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Rafanello, Donna – 1996
Work is a key part of an individual's identity. As such, an important part of effective and caring leadership is to care for the worker's mind, body, and spirit. An administrator has responsibility for making child caregivers feel valued, respected, and understood. The workplace should be an environment which fosters professionally and personally…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Behavior, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Responsibility
Perspectives on Leadership. Current Issues in Higher Education No. 1, 1979.
American Association for Higher Education, Washington, DC. – 1979
Perspectives on leadership, the workplace, and changing values are presented in three papers. In "Changing the Shape of Work: Reform in Academe," Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses the structure of academic career paths and ways to improve the quality of worklife for individuals employed in academe, applying theories she developed in her study on work…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility, Business, College Administration
Evaluation of an Organizational Development Program for Social Service Agencies. Final Report 77-2.
Olmstead, Joseph A. – 1977
This report describes and evaluates an agency development program designed to aid administrators and supervisors of local social services to achieve effective agency performance. The program was conducted for a period of one year within four local agencies; two additional agencies were used as control groups. Assistance was provided through…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Administrator Guides