Mapping the Field of Shared Governance: Understanding the Landscape of Staff Representation Mechanisms in the American South

In this study, we introduce a new database documenting mechanisms of staff representation in shared governance within the southern region of the United States. We identified over 240 four-year, degree-granting institutions with evidence of a staff governing body and conducted a regression analysis to determine the relationship between staff representation and institutional characteristics. The results of our analysis revealed that certain institutional characteristics are correlated to the absen