Examining university leadership and the increase in workplace hostility through a Bourdieusian lens

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Troy Heffernan
Keyword(s):  
University Leadership ◽  
Workplace Hostility

scholarly journals An assessment of COVID-19’s impact on Finnish University Leadership

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Elias Pekkola ◽  
Taru Siekkinen ◽  
Emmi-Niina Kujala ◽  
Jari-Pekka Kanniainen ◽  
Harri Laihonen
Keyword(s):  
University Leadership

“The cut and thrust of industrial relations” – bullying by another name?

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pat Drake
Keyword(s):  
Women Leaders ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Illustrative Case ◽  
University Leadership ◽  
Public Identity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Female Self ◽  
Emotional Work ◽  
Differences Of Opinion ◽  
A Site

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to offer a feminography, that is a “narration of a female self in a feminist age” (Abrams, 2017) by presenting a conceptual analysis, derived from experience, of email providing a form of discourse – that the author calls finger-speak – through which unexamined gender positioning caricatures a person’s identity. In so doing, the paper provides an illustrative case of a female manager being positioned through email to “know her place, perform it and feel it” (Hey, 2011). Design/methodology/approach An analysis of email foregrounds “finger-speak” as a form of digital conversation and through which people in universities may be positioned publicly but without their consent in relation to unexamined norms and assumptions. For women, it is argued, these norms are ageist and sexist. In this paper, fragments of finger-speak are collated to provide a reading of how mixing gendered norms with apparent differences of opinion constructs, via unexamined sexism, a public identity and then undermines it. Findings Through the case presented, the author argues that, because of a shared but unarticulated shadow over women as leaders, email lays the ground for subsequent scapegoating in such a manner that the woman takes responsibility for structural challenges that rightly belong to the organisation. Originality/value The contribution that email makes to constructing female identity in public is new, complementing other work that publicly characterises women leaders, through film (Ezzedeen, 2015), and through published writing such as autobiography (Kapasi et al., 2016). Emotional work undertaken by women in university leadership is so far under-represented in public, and email is a site through which this work becomes visible.

scholarly journals Why Age Matters to Higher Education: Age-Friendly Tools and Techniques for Culture Change

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 551-551
Author(s):  
David Burdick ◽  
Karen Rose ◽  
Dana Bradley
Keyword(s):  
University Presidents ◽  
Steering Committee ◽  
State University ◽  
Community Members ◽  
University Leadership ◽  
Drexel University ◽  
College Of Nursing ◽  
Tools And Techniques ◽  
The University ◽  
Oregon State University

Abstract Momentum is growing for the Age-Friendly University Network as proponents, primarily gerontology educators, have successfully encouraged university presidents to sign nonbinding pledged to become more age-friendly in programs and policies, endorsing 10 Age-Friendly University Principles. While this trend is inspiring, more is needed to fully achieve benefits for universities, students, communities, and older adults. Four presentations discuss innovative ways of deepening university commitment, weaving the principles into the fabric of the university. The first paper describes thematic content analysis from five focus groups with admissions and career services staff at Washington University in St. Louis and the recommendations that emerged for the provision of programs and services for post-traditional students. The second paper describes efforts to utilize community-impact internships and community partnerships to build support for Age-Friendly University initiatives at Central Connecticut State University, particularly in the context of the university’s recent Carnegie Foundation Engaged Campus designation. The third paper describes how Drexel University became Philadelphia’s first Age-Friendly University and current efforts in the Drexel College of Nursing and Heatlh Care Profession’s AgeWell Collaboratory to convene university-wide leadership for an AFU Steering Committee working on four mission-driven efforts to ensure AFU sustainability. The fourth paper describes steps taken by AFU proponents at Western Oregon State University to gain endorsement from university leadership and community, including mapping the 10 AFU Principles to the university’s strategic plan, faculty senate endorsement, and survey/interview results of older community members’ use of the university, which collectively have enhanced deeper and broader campus buy-in of AFU.

LGBTQ+ youth: Careers threats and interventions

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-23
Author(s):  
Charles P. Chen ◽  
Zimo Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Career Counselling ◽  
Lgbtq Youth ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Guidance Services ◽  
Identity Disclosure ◽  
Current Article ◽  
Workplace Hostility ◽  
Health And Well Being

In an era of rapid development, the world is showing greater openness towards diversity and inclusiveness. There is also an increasing amount of career-related research that has shed light on the LGBTQ+ population. Still, the literature reports many career issues that concern young LGBTQ+ individuals. The current article aimed to highlight the contributing issues that might impact young LGBTQ+ groups’ career development, mental health, and well-being – in particular, the issues of workplace hostility, the costs of self-identity disclosure, self-identity confusion, and inadequate career counselling and guidance services. These issues are discussed through the lens of three major career theories: Super’s life-span, life-space theory, Gottfredson’s circumscription and compromise theory, and Krumboltz’s social learning theory. The aim was to equip career counsellors with a better understanding of the challenges facing LGBTQ+ youth and to suggest potentially useful interventions.

scholarly journals Organizational learning Strategies and their Reflection in the Development of the Organization's Design

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-101
Author(s):  
Warda Abdulkhaliq Abdul Rahman Al-Hamwan ◽  
Jawad Zraw Jawad Abadi ◽  
Ali Abbas Ali al-Moussawi
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Organization Design ◽  
University Leadership ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Survey Sample ◽  
Deviation Coefficient ◽  
The University

The research aims to identify the role of organizational learning strategies and their reflection in the development of the design of the organization in the presidency of the University of Kirkuk, and to achieve this goal, the researcher through research and related studies to build hypotheses explaining the relationship between the variables studied. The study relied on the study of organizational learning strategies as an independent variable Four important dimensions are (learning strategy to emphasize efficiency, learning strategy to emphasize innovation, learning strategy to emphasize trends, learning strategy to emphasize professionalism), and four dimensions representing the adopted variable The survey sample consisted of (55) director (department, division, unit) and distributed a questionnaire covering (39) paragraphs. In light of this, data were collected and analyzed and hypotheses were tested using the statistical package (SPSS). A number of statistical methods were used, including arithmetic mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, Spearman correlation coefficient, simple linear regression coefficient The results of the research sample showed that the university leadership is interested in the study of organizational learning strategies because it leads to improving the design of the organization as a whole through the knowledge, experiences and abilities of the organization. Competitive advantage of the organization In addition, there is a strong correlation between organizational learning and its strategies with the nature of the work of the Presidency of the University as a whole, showing the role played by organizational learning strategies. University University. Keywords: organizational learning strategies, learning strategy, emphasis on efficiency, learning strategy, emphasis on innovation, learning strategy emphasizing trends, learning strategy emphasizing professionalism, organization design, strategy and vision, personnel working systems, organizational structure.

scholarly journals University Students’ Perception of Transformational Leadership of the University President in Korea: The Role of Students’ Personality, Affect, and Affective Commitment to the University

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 160-184
Author(s):  
Boram Do ◽  
Seung-Yoon Rhee
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
University Students ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Affective State ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
University President ◽  
University Leadership ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

This study explores how university students’ personality and positive or negative affect influence their perception of transformational leadership of the university president. It further examines how the level of students’ affective commitment to the university moderates the relationship. Survey data were collected from 141 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in a large public university in South Korea. The students answered survey questions to measure their big-five personalities, positive and negative affect, affective commitment to the university, and their perception of the university president’s transformational leadership. The results of hierarchical regression analyses show that (a) students’ positive affect is positively related to their perception of the university president’s transformational leadership, after controlling for the effect of the students’ personality and that (b) students’ affective commitment to the university moderates the relationship between negative affect and perception of transformational leadership of the university president. This study sheds light on the dynamic, reciprocal process of the social construction of university leadership with an emphasis on students’ affective state and personality traits as critical factors in understanding distant leadership.

scholarly journals Developing generic skills for students via extra-curricular activities in Vietnamese universities: Practices and influential factors

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tran Le Huu Nghia
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
University Leadership ◽  
Generic Skills ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Extra Curricular Activities ◽  
External Stakeholders ◽  
University Leaders

Developing generic skills (GS) for students has become central in many higher education curricula lately. However, there is still a lack of studies regarding how these skills are developed for students, especially those in developing countries. Drawing from a PhD study, this article reports the contribution of extra-curricular activities in developing GS for students in Vietnamese universities and analyses factors influencing the effectiveness of developing GS for students via these activities. A content analysis of relevant documents and 69 interviews with university leaders, academics and organisers of the Youth union and its associates (YUA) showed that extra-curricular activities were involved as an integral component of a university’s strategy for training students in GS. This was due to a lack of curriculum autonomy, which restricted most Vietnamese universities from adding skills subjects into the curriculum, and the YUA also had a long-standing tradition of developing non-discipline-specific skills for students. The YUA were found to successfully develop GS for students via extra-curricular activities; however, their operation was influenced by university leadership, student participation, external stakeholders’ support, and the leadership of the YUA. The article argues that extra-curricular activities were conducive to developing GS for students; therefore, they should be included in student skills development programs in higher education. 

SURVEY ON STUDENTS' PERCEPTION ON UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP RESPONSIVENESS TO ADDRESSING THEIR CONCERNS

2021 ◽  
pp. 120-130
Author(s):  
Jacklyne Alari ◽  
Maurice Okoth
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Traumatic Experiences ◽  
Student Needs ◽  
University Leadership ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Timely Feedback ◽  
The University ◽  
Analyze Data

Abstract Students' experience in institutions of higher learning can be a factor of make or break for the institution. Good students' experience is a great marketer of the institution through referrals of word of mouth by alumni and bad experiences can be great de-marketer. It is important that the universities strive to deliberately improve on students' experience. Research indicates that great students' experience in universities promotes peaceful co-existence, enhances academic performance and minimize disruption to teaching and learning. Enhanced students experience is directly proportional to good handling of students' complaints as they may come up from time to time. The study was guided by the following objectives: What are the major students concerns in the universities in Kenya? Is the University leadership aware of the students concerns? How does the University leadership address the major students concerns? A survey was conducted, data was randomly collected using digital google forms questionnaires. A total of 167 respondents participated in the study. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze data. Quantitative data was analyzed directly using the google forms application as responses were received. Qualitative data was analyzed by creating themes and developing a narration. Results show that the major students concerns are: Stressful/traumatic experiences, academic issues and social issues. The findings also reveal that the university leadership is aware of the concern however there are serious lapses in addressing students' concerns. The lapses are systemic, policy related, legislative, leadership, governance resulting to unsatisfying or no responses. The study recommends that there is need for timely feedback by University leadership on the key students concerns. Further there is need for a structured platform of feedback that is interactive and friendly. These include but not limited to dialogue; constant monitoring of student needs in order to improve the general students' experience in universities.

Development of Cultural and Historical Tourism in the Regions of Russia (On the Example of the Siberian Federal District) and France (State Regulation): Features of Financial Support

2021 ◽  
pp. 124-135
Author(s):  
Dominique Crozat ◽  
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Tatiana V. Zakharova ◽  
Yulia V. Podoprigora ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Federal District ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
University Leadership ◽  
Museum Exhibits ◽  
Economic Role ◽  
Theatrical Performances ◽  
History Of ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Historical Heritage

The aim of the article is to show the history of preservation of cultural and historical heritage and the conditions for sustainable development of modern university cities on the example of university and other museums in Russia (mainly Siberia) and France. The main objective is to demonstrate the creation of harmonious campuses, in which economic, environmental and social principles are balanced, serving, among other things, to attract tourists, which at the same time contributes to the creation of new jobs. Using examples, it is considered how, with the help of coordinated actions of local authorities and university leadership, it is possible to resolve the eternal conflict between tourists and local residents. The development of regional museums and the formation of excursions for museum-educational-historical tourism of the Siberian region are analyzed. The analysis of digitization of museum exhibits and opening of access to collections to visitors from all over the world is shown. All this makes it possible to give museum lessons, to conduct toponymic excursions (scientists’ names of in street names), field games using local history and traditions, and to introduce elements of theatrical performances. The article shows how virtual tours are organized taking into account international examples. The economic role of museums, festivals, exhibitions in the life of the region is highlighted.

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