Date of Award
3-2019
Culminating Project Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Higher Education Administration: Ed.D.
Department
Educational Administration and Higher Education
College
School of Education
First Advisor
Steven McCullar
Second Advisor
Micheal Mills
Third Advisor
Judith Siminoe
Fourth Advisor
Ginger Zierdt
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Keywords and Subject Headings
hall director, fair labor standards act, FLSA, worker performance, residence life, hourly employee
Abstract
Live-on residential life hall director staff shifted from a salaried employment status to an hourly employment status as a result of a reinterpretation of the duties test of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for these positions. Transitioning live-on residential life staff to hourly employment status occurred at institutions in the Minnesota State University System resulting in an unusual employment status for hall directors in the Minnesota State System compared to the national norm. Residence hall directors who became hourly employees served as the population of this basic qualitative study. The purpose was to explore the impact on worker performance resulting from the transition to hourly employment status. Blumberg and Pringle’s (1982) theory of worker performance served as the theoretical framework that guided this study. Kezar’s (2013) expansion of this theory of worker performance also contributed to the theoretical underpinning of this study. The narratives that emerged from this qualitative study provides context for future higher education leaders faced with the changing employment status of employees who have historically been salaried and then must transition to overtime-eligible status. Non-exempt (overtime-eligible) professionals in a higher education setting are likely confined to performing their duties in the context of a 40-hour workweek. The impact of this on professional residential life hall directors will be discussed.
Recommended Citation
Van Boxel, Jamie L., "The Impact of Residential Life Hall Directors Becoming Hourly Employees in the Minnesota State University System" (2019). Culminating Projects in Higher Education Administration. 29.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/hied_etds/29
