scholarly journals Determinants of Union Commitment Among University Faculty

2005 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 769-784 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ignace Ng
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
University Administration ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Union Commitment ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Faculty Commitment ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

This paper investigates the relationship between the union commitment of faculty members and a number of factors, including job satisfaction, general union beliefs, attitude towards the university, work aspects and demographic characteristics. The results show that faculty members are committed to both the university and the Association. Dissatisfaction with the university administration fosters union commitment whereas negative attitudes towards unions in general reduce that commitment. Demographic characteristics and work aspects have little influence on the faculty commitment to the Faculty Association.

My Campus Administration, Faculty Association, Senate, and Me

2020 ◽  
pp. 187-210
Author(s):  
Peter Wylie
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
University Administration ◽  
University Of British Columbia ◽  
Academic Bullying ◽  
Faculty Association ◽  
The University ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter recounts recent experiences of the author with the University of British Columbia (UBC), its Faculty Association (FA), this association's relationship with the author's campus administration at UBC Okanagan campus (UBCO), and the relationship of the campus administration with the senate of the campus. The chapter is a case study of academic mobbing. The author's targeting, exclusion, and ostracism is fully documented in the chapter and fully explained by the concepts of academic bullying, harassment, and mobbing. It is a case study of where an elected union representative of faculty members and an elected senator was targeted, excluded, and ostracized by the powers that be in the union and university administration, working in collusion and complicity.

An Investigation of Faculty Members' Engagement in Saudi Arabia

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 114-136
Author(s):  
Eman I AHMED
Keyword(s):  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Faculty Perceptions ◽  
Cognitive Engagement ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
University Administrators ◽  
Point Scale ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

Faculty engagement has been proved to be a critical driver of the universities’ efficiency and effectiveness. The first step towards building an engaged workforce is to get a measure of faculty perceptions of their engagement level to their universities. Accordingly, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the faculty members' engagement in the Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University. It examines the relationship between the faculty professional variablesand their level of engagement to their institutions. William Kahn's (1990) three-component model of employee engagement was partially adapted as a framework to measure the faculty members' engagement. A questionnaire was used to better address the objective of this study. The data were obtained from the Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (Dammam University) through an internet-based survey. The validity and the reliability of the questionnaire has been evaluated and reported. Results of the analyses show that cognitive engagement is reported to be higher than both the emotional and physical engagement, with a mean rating of 4.040 and a standard deviation of .487, based on the five-point scale. Given the engagement level of the faculty members in this study, the university administrators should develop policies, and strategies that encourage and support engagement among faculty members at the University in order to maximize their engagement. Policy makers must also take into consideration the needs of the faculty members

Interdisciplinary organization as a basic academic unit?

2020 ◽  
pp. 095042222095695
Author(s):  
Liu Yang ◽  
Ekaterina Albats ◽  
Henry Etzkowitz
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Collaboration ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Start Up ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Departmental Chairs ◽  
Zero Sum ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
University Industry

Academic interdisciplinarity has become a powerful means of addressing challenges facing contemporary society as well as offering opportunities to advance knowledge. To better understand the role of university interdisciplinary organizations (IDOs), the authors studied 18 IDOs at Stanford University in the USA. They propose that IDOs not only enhance researchers’ interdisciplinary collaboration but, counterintuitively, also serve departmental and disciplinary interests. While IDOs are traditionally believed to threaten traditional disciplinary departments, the authors find a “more the more” dynamic in which, by bringing shared university resources and faculty to bear on new themes, significant new resources are generated to the benefit of both actors. Traditionally, the relationship between departments and IDOs has been seen as a zero-sum game with winners and losers. This research suggests, to the contrary, a win–win dynamic in which the two formats are mediated by the research group. Some faculty members are alternately departmental chairs and IDO organizers as well as start-up founders, industrial consultants and holders of high governmental advisory positions during their careers, integrating Triple Helix university–industry–government interactions with IDOs and IDOs with departments. The authors examine how these two entities coexist and benefit one another in a cooperative academic ecosystem and consider the implications for the future of the university.

scholarly journals The relationship between body composition and diatary habits in the university faculty members

2017 ◽  
pp. 337-344
Author(s):  
Fatma ARSLAN ◽  
Özden TAŞĞIN ◽  
Şefika Dilek GÜVEN ◽  
Ayşegül ÖZCAN ◽  
Özen ÖZBAY ÖZBAŞ
Keyword(s):  
Body Composition ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
University Faculty ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Degree of job satisfaction among faculty members in special education departments in the southern region of Saudi Arabia: درجة الرضا الوظيفي لدى أعضاء الهيئة التدريسية بأقسام التربية الخاصة في المنطقة الجنوبية من المملكة العربية السعودية

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wael Amin Al Ali
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Special Education ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Southern Region ◽  
Years Of Experience ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
The University

The aim of this study is to reveal the degree of job satisfaction among faculty members in special education departments in the southern region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its relation to some variables. The study society is composed of faculty members in special education departments in the universities of the southern region of the Kingdom in the first semester of the year 2016/2017 and the sample reached (32) members. The researcher prepared a questionnaire consisting of (29) paragraphs distributed over (4) dimensions. The results of the study showed that the degree of job satisfaction of the faculty members on the tool as a whole was medium, and the degree was medium on the four dimensions of the tool. The results showed that there were no differences in the degree of job satisfaction according to the gender variable and the university variable. While there were differences in the degree of job satisfaction according to the variable years of experience.

scholarly journals Ethiopian Public Universities Leadership Behavior and Instructor's Job Satisfaction: Evidence from Arba Minch University

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 129-136
Author(s):  
Zelalem Zekarias
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Leadership Behavior ◽  
Simple Linear Regression ◽  
Correlational Research ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
University Leaders ◽  
The University ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
The Relationship

The present study examines the link between leadership behavior and instructor's job satisfaction in four purposefully selected colleges and schools of Arba Minch University (AMU). The study participants were 167 randomly selected instructors of sampled colleges and schools. Of these, 149 were male instructors and the remaining18 were female ones. The data for the study were gathered via adapted questionnaire. The study employed quantitative correlational research design to examine the relationship between leadership behavior and instructor's job satisfaction. A Pearson's correlation coefficient (r) value was used to determine the correlation between the independent variable (leadership behavior) and the dependent variable (instructor's job satisfaction) and simple linear regression was employed to predict their relationship. The findings revealed that leadership behavior has statistically significant, positive and strong correlation with instructor's job satisfaction (r=.761, p<.049 two-tailed). The study further indicated that the value of R2 (.580) indicates 58 % of the job satisfaction is explained by leadership behavior. From these findings, it was concluded that there is a positive link between leadership behavior and instructor's job satisfaction. Therefore, it was recommended that through both formal and informal trainings, the university leaders should aware how their leadership behavior is correlated with instructor's job satisfaction and then they should adopt and practice different dimensions of leadership behavior to improve instructor's job satisfaction.

scholarly journals The study of the Relationship between Social Capital and Entrepreneurship Behavior of Faculty Members of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences in 2017

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sima Rafiei ◽  
Rafat Mohebibar ◽  
Bahman Ahadi Nejad ◽  
Nadia Nisari
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
P Value ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Entrepreneurial Behavior ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Social capital has an important role in empowering entrepreneurship activities and performance improvement inhuman resources. This study aimed to examine the relationship between social capital and entrepreneurship behavior of academic members of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences in 2018. Methods: The present study is a descriptive cross-sectional method conducted among all faculty members working in Qazvin University of Medical Sciences in 2018. In order to collect study data, two standard questionnaires including social capital scale (Nahapiet & Goshal 1998) and entrepreneurial behavior (Leon Daes Zamptakis and Vasiliss Mustakis 2007) were used. Data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistical methods in SPSS version 20. Results: The results of the study showed that social capital and entrepreneurial behavior had a desirable condition. Furthermore, these two variables were statistically correlated (P-value < 0.05). Conclusion: Promoting the level of social capital in academic environments has significant benefits and a positive impact on entrepreneurial behaviors of academic members of the university. Therefore, managers should strengthen this key element in their organizations to upgrade their professional job performance.   Key words: Social Capital, Entrepreneurial Behavior, Faculty Member of the University.

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