title: Finding heroes and heroines: fads, fantasies, and foibles of search and screen committees.
abstract: Search and screen committees have many agendas other than finding candidates for a job vacancy. They are essentially political processes whereby special interest groups inside and outside the organization can express opinions, monitor diversity, and review and fine-tune the organizational culture with respect to planned change. Search committees reflect the fads of the institutional culture, have fantasies about the kinds of persons they will attract to the position, and commit foibles that may affect the outcome of the search.
authors.affiliation: Penn State Harrisburg, Middletown, PA, USA.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Bruhn
mesh_terms: D003284:Contract Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007586:Job Application; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States