THE PERCEIVED EFFECTS OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ON ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISORS IN THE WASHINGTON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (LABOR, MANAGEMENT EDUCATION)

The purposes of this study were: (1) to identify the collective bargaining contract provisions which were perceived by selected administrators to have an effect of their administrative responsibilities; (2) to identify job functions of the administrator which were perceived to have been affected by collective bargaining; (3) to identify variables affecting the perceptions of respondents concerning the impact of collective bargaining on the administrators; (4) to identify the current role and the desired role of administrators as perceived by selected respondents and (5) to identify variables which affected the perceptions of selected respondents on the contract provisions and the job functions of administrators in collective bargaining.;The dependent variable was the responses assigned to contract provisions, administrative functions and role. The non-manipulated categorical independent variable was the type of respondent. Eleven classificatory independent variables were examined as to their influence on perceptions of the respondent groups relative to contract provisions and administrative functions.;Data analysis revealed that: (1) Board of Trustee members viewed the effects of collective bargaining on administrative supervisors more negatively than Chief Executive Officers or Administrative Supervisors; (2) there was a lack of agreement between the three respondent groups relative to the perceived effects of collective bargaining on the administrative supervisor; (3) single campus districts had a significant effect on the perceptions of the respondent groups; (4) district size, numbers of full-time faculty had an effect on the perceptions of the respondent groups relative to certain contract provisions and administrative functions; and (5) there was a lack of agreement on the role of the administrative supervisor in the collective bargaining process.;The study demonstrates the lack of congruence between the governing boards and the administrative team regarding perceptions of the effects of the collective bargaining process and indicates that differences in the districts also may influence the perceptions.;This study was conducted between February and September of 1983 and involved a survey research design. Subjects consisted of Board of Trustee Members, Chief Executive Officers and a sample of Administrative Supervisors from the Washington State Community College System.