The role of the College Dean

The problem focused on for this study is the fact that unethical behavior continues to be found in college dean/director leadership. The literature reports factors that may be related to this unethical behavior (personal stress, managerial stress, ego soothing, leadership goals, unethical choices, and ethical choices). A study is needed to determine college deans/directors' perceptions regarding these factors and the relationship between these perceptions (of factors) and perceptions of unethical college dean/director leadership.

Ethical leadership, defined as leadership that focuses on the needs of an organization, including providing guidance, setting direction, and empowering a scholarly community (Gmelch & Wolverton, 2002), leads to environments i

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esearch packet and qualify as college/university deans or directors or college/university faculty/staff. All subjects will agree to participate in the study. Instrumentation Factors Related to Ethical and Unethical Leadership Survey The Factors Related to Ethical and Unethical Leadership Survey, constructed by the investigator, will assess demographic information, and perceptions about unethical leadership in deans/directors in general and related factors, with closed-ended and open-ended questions. Procedures for Data collection All subjects will be recruited on a volunteer basis according to availability. This convenience sample will be chosen since there are appropriate subjects to choose from, locally. Subjects will be chosen to participate in the study based on their job status. The local colleges/university presidents will be contacted regarding study participation and a list of all deans/directors. Those on the list will be contacted by email regarding study participation. Those interested in participating in the study will be asked to respond by email and provide their mailing address. Those who send their mailing address will be mailed a research packet by the investigator. Subjects will receive
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Approximate Word count = 1918
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page)

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