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These two concepts—compatibility (Roberts, 2004) and interaction style (Brause, 2004)—are an extremely critical dimension of your relationship with a potential dissertation chair and another important criteria to consider in chair selection. Compatibility generally refers to how well you get along with someone. With dissertation research, this idea includes a compatible work style—or how well your work habits match her or his work habits. Here, you need to explore how you will establish productive relationship. A key question to ask is, Can this person move me along? Perhaps you need a chair who is more like the “collaborator type” that Smith (1990, p. 26) argues works toward high research productivity, so he or she may impose a stepped-up schedule of deliverables and require efficiency in your collaborative work on the dissertation. Alternatively, you may need a faculty advisor to guide you more independently through major milestones of the dissertation research process. This is more akin to the “hands-off type” that Smith (p. 26) describes, where he or she may not provide the structure that you need but allow for more time and space to complete tasks. Whatever works best for you, your work will be much more aided if your chair and you get along, share a mutually agreeable approach to the work, and understand expectations for communicating feedback along the way.