Values, Contexts, and Realities

Senior Student Affairs Officers' Decision-Making During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3757083
AutoresAnn M Gansemer-Topf (Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA), A Gansemer-Topf (0000-0003-1074-1534, Iowa State University, autor correspondente)
Ano2023
Volume67
Fascículo12
Páginas1433-1450
Data de publicação2023-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/00027642221118275
OpenAlexW4294086459
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas20

Senior Student Affairs Officers (SSAOs), whose primary responsibility is the health, safety, and well-being of students, were at the forefront of leading their campuses through the COVID-19 crisis. In Fall 2020 a diverse group of 23 SSAOs was interviewed to understand the contexts and issues that influenced decision-making during the pandemic. A focus on students, alignment with institutional contexts, and financial realities were consistently identified as key influencers of decision-making. Effective decision-making often entails a balancing act of several factors. The implications of this study can be used to inform student affairs practice and the professional development of graduate students and future and current SSAOs

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Focus group · Higher education · Influencer marketing · Management · Medical education · Pandemic · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Student affairs · Evaluation of Teaching Practices · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Higher Education Governance and Development · Medicine · Psychology