Factors affecting high-level college administrators' attitudes toward information from and frequency of use of various sources of information

The purpose of this study is to explore the following for high-level college administrators: identify the attitudes toward arid frequency of use of information from various sources; investigate factors affecting the attitudes toward and frequency of use of information from various sources. Information sources were modeled along two dimensions, degree of systemization (formal or informal) and location of the source (internal or external to the user’s organization). A questionnaire was mailed to 155 administrators of the University of North Carolina system. These administrators held the rank of chancellor, vice chancellor, associate vice chancellor, or assistant vice chancellor. Usable responses were received from 89 of the administrators