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The Economist as Dean: An Investigation of the Academic Training of Business School Deans

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  • M Scott Niederjohn

    (Lakeland College, Laun Center 221, P.O. Box 359, Sheboygan, WI 53082‐0359.)

  • Sarah B Cosgrove

    (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, N. Dartmouth, MA 02747, USA.)

Abstract

This paper finds that the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business-accredited business school deans in the United States are trained as economists at a disproportionately high rate. This paper searches for the reasons behind this seemingly contrarian finding. The research finds no evidence that economist deans differ significantly in background or personal characteristics from the non-economist deans. Demand- and supply-side theories to explain this finding are presented along with interviews with a sample of the business school deans.

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  • M Scott Niederjohn & Sarah B Cosgrove, 2010. "The Economist as Dean: An Investigation of the Academic Training of Business School Deans," Eastern Economic Journal, Palgrave Macmillan;Eastern Economic Association, vol. 36(2), pages 217-228, Spring.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:easeco:v:36:y:2010:i:2:p:217-228
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    1. Дьяченко Е. Л. & Мироненко А. Ю., 2019. "Академическое Руководство Через Призму Менеджериализма: Связь Между Развитием Вуза И Научной Специальностью Ректора," Вопросы образования // Educational Studies Moscow, National Research University Higher School of Economics, issue 1, pages 137-161.
    2. Ekaterina Dyachenko & Asya Mironenko, 2019. "Academic Leadership Through the Prism of Managerialism: The Relationship Between University Development and Rector's Specialization," Voprosy obrazovaniya / Educational Studies Moscow, National Research University Higher School of Economics, issue 1, pages 137-161.

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