On the Making of Hard Times and Good Times: The Social Construction of Resource Stress.

Neumann, Anna

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ERIC Number: EJ497845

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Publication Date: 1995

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On the Making of Hard Times and Good Times: The Social Construction of Resource Stress.

Neumann, Anna

Journal of Higher Education, v66 n1 p3-31 Jan-Feb 1995

A study of two colleges examined how the president's communicative behavior affects organizational life, viewed from a social constructivist perspective. It is concluded that the president can inadvertently create hard times even in good financial circumstances and abate them during serious financial decline. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, College Administration, College Environment, College Presidents, Constructivism (Learning), Economic Climate, Financial Problems, Higher Education, Leadership Qualities, Organizational Communication, Power Structure, Stress Variables

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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