Academic tenure and position structural security as factors in recruiting, retaining and motivating U.S. land-grant agricultural communicators

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Thomas, Robert Emerson (author)
    Format:
    Dissertation abstract
    Publication Date:
    1987
    URL:
    http://gateway1.ovid.com:80/ovidweb.cgi
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 145 Document Number: D06553
    Subject Term:
    careers, communication units, communicators, employment, information services, land grant universities, occupations, universities, employee management, security, and tenure
    Notes:
    Online via Ovid.com. Abstract of dissertation for PhD from the University of Idaho. 1 page., Responding department heads reported no difficulty in recruiting and retaining agricultural communicators. No geographic pattern was apparent in difficulty of recruiting. Tenure was perceived not necessary for agricultural communicators to interact successfully with faculty in academic units. There was no strong support for tenure within agricultural communication departments by department heads.

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