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The Relationship Of Presidential Leadership Style And The Financial Health Of Private, Nonproprietary Institutions Of Higher Learning, Sandra E. Seay Dec 1989

The Relationship Of Presidential Leadership Style And The Financial Health Of Private, Nonproprietary Institutions Of Higher Learning, Sandra E. Seay

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The primary purpose of this study was to determine if a relationship existed between the financial health of academic institutions and the leadership style of college and university presidents. Financial health was defined as the ability of an institution to pay its current debts. Secondly, the study tested a number of hypotheses derived from the contingency model of leadership effectiveness. Lastly, the study attempted to determine if there was an association between two lists of institutions considered to be led by effective presidents. The study involved a stratified random sample of 263 private institutions accredited by the Southern Association of …


Innovation In Student Affairs: The Influence Of Individual And Organizational Factors On Programmatic And Technological Change, Sally S. Thomas May 1989

Innovation In Student Affairs: The Influence Of Individual And Organizational Factors On Programmatic And Technological Change, Sally S. Thomas

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The purpose of this paper was to explore the influence individual and organizational factors exerted on technological innovations, programmatic innovations and combined technological and programmatic innovations. Student affairs divisions in Comprehensive I colleges and universities constituted the administrative unit examined. The two types of program innovations examined were substance abuse prevention/education programs and retention/academic support programs. The technological innovations examined were financial aid computerized award calculation and computerized career counseling. The individual factors examined were professionalism, gender and age of the chief student affairs officer. The organizational factors were vertical, horizontal and combined vertical and horizontal complexity, centralization and size. …


Archives Of Appalachia Newsletter (Vol. 10, No. 2, 1989), East Tennessee State University. Archives Of Appalachia. Jan 1989

Archives Of Appalachia Newsletter (Vol. 10, No. 2, 1989), East Tennessee State University. Archives Of Appalachia.

Archives of Appalachia Newsletter

The Archives of Appalachia Newsletter, produced by the Archives of Appalachia at East Tennessee State University from 1979-1993.


Archives Of Appalachia Newsletter (Vol. 10, No. 3, 1989), East Tennessee State University. Archives Of Appalachia. Jan 1989

Archives Of Appalachia Newsletter (Vol. 10, No. 3, 1989), East Tennessee State University. Archives Of Appalachia.

Archives of Appalachia Newsletter

The Archives of Appalachia Newsletter, produced by the Archives of Appalachia at East Tennessee State University from 1979-1993.


Archives Of Appalachia Newsletter (Vol. 11, No. 1, 1989), East Tennessee State University. Archives Of Appalachia. Jan 1989

Archives Of Appalachia Newsletter (Vol. 11, No. 1, 1989), East Tennessee State University. Archives Of Appalachia.

Archives of Appalachia Newsletter

The Archives of Appalachia Newsletter, produced by the Archives of Appalachia at East Tennessee State University from 1979-1993.


The Buccaneer (1989), East Tennessee State University Jan 1989

The Buccaneer (1989), East Tennessee State University

ETSU Yearbooks

The Buccaneer (1989), a yearbook published by the students of East Tennessee State University.