- The Art of Decision Making: Issues and Cases in Higher Education by Patricia R. Plante
- Bully in the Ivory Tower by Leah P. Hollis
- The College Administrator’s Survival Guide by C. K. Gunsalus
- “Culture, Climate and Collegiality,” in Success on the Tenure Track: Five Keys to Faculty Job Satisfaction by Cathy Ann Trower (available CFI + electronically JMU Libraries)
- The Department Chair (periodical)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291936-4393 - Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton and Sheila Heen
- Evaluating Faculty Performance: A Practical Guide to Assessing Teaching, Research and Service by Peter Seldin et.al.
- Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work & in Life, One Conversation at a Time by Susan Scott
- Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More by Morten T. Hansen
- Leadership Skills for Department Chairs by Walter Gmelch and Val Miskin
- Negotiating the Nonnegotiable: How to Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged Conflicts by Daniel Shapiro
- “What New Department Chairs Need to Know,” in The Chronicle of Higher Education by Rob Jenkins.
http://chronicle.com/article/What-New-Department-Chairs/48835/ - The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal