title: Filling the position of lead administrator in schools of allied health: the experience of search committees.
abstract: This study was conducted as the second phase of a larger study assessing leadership development in schools or units of member institutions of the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions. A survey was mailed to the chairs of 21 search committees for the position of lead administrator (i.e., dean or director) of an allied health school or unit; 20 (95%) responded. Of the respondents, 55% reported that filling the dean/director position was very easy (15%) or moderately easy (40%). The mean number of viable candidates was 11.7, and the mean time to recruit a new dean/director was 6.9 months. Most (65%) new deans/directors had backgrounds in the health professions, with the greatest number being nursing (n = 3). The greatest proportion (30%) were assistant/associate deans before becoming dean/director. The actual experiences of search committees in this study showed a relatively adequate pool of applicants for dean/director of allied health positions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Information Management, School of Allied Health Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858-4353, USA. laymane@mail.ecu.edu
authors.forename: Elizabeth J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Layman
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bamberg
authors.forename: Harold P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel; D016390:Allied Health Occupations / Q000193:education*; D003625:Data Collection; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D010560:Personnel Selection; D012576:Schools, Health Occupations / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States