Title page for ETD etd-11152006-103338

Type of Document

Dissertation

Author

Pourciau, Todd Anthony

Author's Email Address

tpourciau@lsu.edu

URN

etd-11152006-103338

Title

Leadership for Scholarly Excellence: A Qualitative Examination of Department Chair Facilitation Methods to Promote Research Productivity in Pre-Tenure Biological Sciences Faculty

Degree

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Department

Educational Leadership, Research & Counseling

Advisory Committee

Advisor Name	Title
Becky Ropers-Huilman	Committee Chair
Dydia DeLyser	Committee Member
Janice M. Hinson	Committee Member
Marietta Del Favero	Committee Member
Cecil L. Eubanks	Dean's Representative

Keywords

department chairs
fully engaged leadership
mentoring
research productivity
scholarly excellence
biological sciences

Date of Defense

2006-10-30

Availability

unrestricted

Abstract

Leading a large, highly productive department that must compete on the global stage requires an increasingly broad skill-set. This study investigates whether there are methods that life science department chairs can employ to enhance the research productivity of their pre-tenure faculty and examines if leadership at the department chair level matters. Using a qualitative approach to examine six highly successful life science departments and their leaders as well as focus group interviews with nine pre-tenure faculty members, this study brings new discovery to the field of department chair leadership. This study validates the importance of department chair leadership while revealing the special skill-set that is important, the positive effects of mentoring on pre-tenure faculty, and that motivation may be linked to the culture of an organization. The results of this research are important for higher education institutions looking to build department of scholarly excellence, especially in the life sciences.

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