Climate — the extent to which an individual feels personally safe, listened to, valued, and treated fairly and with respect — plays an important role in people’s job satisfaction, effectiveness, productivity, engagement, and decisions to remain in or leave a department or area of study.
Because department chairs/heads play an important role in developing and sustaining a positive, productive, and welcoming departmental climate, WISELI is providing these resources department chairs seeking to improve climate in their departments.
Resources
- Department Climate Survey instrument
- Brochure: Enhancing Department Climate: A Guide for Department Chairs (PDF)
- BIBLIOGRAPHY of articles referenced in this publication
- WISELI’s Resources for Department Chairs
- Other relevant WISELI publications:
- UW–Madison Campus Climate — For information and reports see WISELI’s Study of Faculty Worklife at UW–Madison
- UW Provost’s Leadership Development Series–Department Chairs Community of Practice
- UW Provost’s Leadership Develoment Series–Department Chairs Peer Mentoring Program
- UW Provost’s Creating Community Webpage
- UW Policies on and Resources for addressing:
- The Department Chair — online newsletter published four times per year. SUBSCRIBE
Relevant Publications
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