The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effects of sex status of college-level physical educators employed in either combined or separate departments on their response patterns to various questions regarding the merger process. The analyses revealed significant differences in response patterns: (1) In both combined and separate departments men differed from women in their academic rank and their 1974-75 salary; (2) In merged departments men differed from women regarding whether or not there should be an equal number of male and female faculty in a combined department and whether or not there should be an equal number of male and female administrators in a combined department; and (3) In separate departments men differed from women in the highest degree they earned, their tenure status, their attitude towards the merger process, their belief concerning who should be the chairperson of a merged department, and their perceptions regarding the comparability of the physical education facilities at their institutions. (Author/JMF)