Shaping Work Life Culture In Higher Education

Author : Laura Koppes Bryan,Cheryl A. Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136312243

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Shaping Work-Life Culture in Higher Education by Laura Koppes Bryan,Cheryl A. Wilson Pdf

Shaping Work-Life Culture in Higher Education provides strategies to implement beneficial work-life policies in colleges and universities. As compared to the corporate sector, higher education institutions have been slow to implement policies aimed at fostering diversity and a healthy work-life balance, which can result in lower morale, job satisfaction, and productivity, and causes poor recruitment and retention. Based on extensive research, this book argues that an effective organizational culture is one in which managers and supervisors recognize that professional and personal lives are not mutually exclusive. With concrete guidelines, recommendations, techniques, and additional resources throughout, this book outlines best practices for creating a beneficial work-life culture on campus, and documents cases of supportive department chairs and administrators. A necessary guide for higher education leaders, this book will inform administrators about how they can foster positive work-life cultures in their departments and institutions.

Author : Bruce D. McDonald III,William Hatcher
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000684117

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Work-Life Balance in Higher Education by Bruce D. McDonald III,William Hatcher Pdf

This book explores the issue and struggle of work-life balance in higher education. It provides a rare opportunity to shape the conversation surrounding work-life balance in academia and provide a venue for dialogue around balance that had previously been forced into secret. The challenges that surround work-life balance are something that we must all confront, but they are also something that is rarely discussed within academia. Faculty and graduate students face increasing demands to publish, while also being expected to effectively teach and engage in service to both the university and the community. The demands of an academic career have been cited as a reason for faculty and students to leave the academy, but they have also been tied with rising rates of depression throughout the community. Concerns about balance have led to challenges in recruiting diverse students and faculty for academic careers. Each chapter explores how faculty and graduate students have sought and found balance. The research included in this book is by leading scholars who discuss the challenge for academia to pay attention to the cultures and policies that may improve, or hinder, work-life balance. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Journal of Public Affairs Education.

Author : Lisa Wolf-Wendel,Kelly Ward,Amanda M. Kulp
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781119347576

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How Ideal Worker Norms Shape Work-Life for Different Constituent Groups in Higher Education by Lisa Wolf-Wendel,Kelly Ward,Amanda M. Kulp Pdf

Work and family concerns are increasingly on the radar of colleges and universities. These concerns emerge out of workplace norms suggesting that for employees and students to be successful, they must be “ideal workers”. This volume explores work norms in higher education, focusing on the ways that employees and students interpret and experience ideal worker expectations in light of family responsibilities. Chapters address how the ideal worker norms vary for tenured and non-tenure track faculty, administrators, undergraduate and graduate students, and offers recommendations for modifying work norms to promote work-family balance for all constituents. This is the 176th volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Higher Education. Addressed to presidents, vice presidents, deans, and other higher education decision makers on all kinds of campuses, it provides timely information and authoritative advice about major issues and administrative problems confronting every institution.

Author : Michael B. Paulsen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 663 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319489834

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Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research by Michael B. Paulsen Pdf

Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected topic, critiques the research literature in terms of its conceptual and methodological rigor and sets forth an agenda for future research intended to advance knowledge on the chosen topic. The Handbook focuses on a comprehensive set of central areas of study in higher education that encompasses the salient dimensions of scholarly and policy inquiries undertaken in the international higher education community. Each annual volume contains chapters on such diverse topics as research on college students and faculty, organization and administration, curriculum and instruction, policy, diversity issues, economics and finance, history and philosophy, community colleges, advances in research methodology and more. The series is fortunate to have attracted annual contributions from distinguished scholars throughout the world.

Author : Hélène Frichot,Catharina Gabrielsson,Helen Runting
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 621 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-10
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781351396202

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Architecture and Feminisms by Hélène Frichot,Catharina Gabrielsson,Helen Runting Pdf

Set against the background of a ‘general crisis’ that is environmental, political and social, this book examines a series of specific intersections between architecture and feminisms, understood in the plural. The collected essays and projects that make up the book follow transversal trajectories that criss-cross between ecologies, economies and technologies, exploring specific cases and positions in relation to the themes of the archive, control, work and milieu. This collective intellectual labour can be located amidst a worldwide depletion of material resources, a hollowing out of political power and the degradation of constructed and natural environments. Feminist positions suggest ways of ethically coping with a world that is becoming increasingly unstable and contested. The many voices gathered here are united by the task of putting critical concepts and feminist design tools to use in order to offer experimental approaches to the creation of a more habitable world. Drawing inspiration from the active archives of feminist precursors, existing and re-imagined, and by way of a re-engagement in the histories, theories and projected futures of critical feminist projects, the book presents a collection of twenty-three essays and eight projects, with the aim of taking stock of our current condition and re-engaging in our precarious environment-worlds.

Author : Prof. Michela Marchiori
Publisher : Academic Conferences and publishing limited
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781911218937

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ECRM 2018 17th European Conference on Research Methods in Business and Management by Prof. Michela Marchiori Pdf

These proceedings represent the work of researchers participating in the 17th European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management Studies (ECRM) which is being hosted this year by Università Roma TRE, Rome, Italy on 12-13 July 2018.

Author : Margaret Sallee
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000976922

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Creating Sustainable Careers in Student Affairs by Margaret Sallee Pdf

This book argues that the current structure of student affairs work is not sustainable, as it depends on the notion that employees are available to work non-stop without any outside responsibilities, that is, the Ideal Worker Norm. The field places inordinate burdens on staff to respond to the needs of students, often at the expense of their own families and well-being. Student affairs professionals can meet the needs of their students without being overworked. The problem, however, is that ideal worker norms pervade higher education and student affairs work, thus providing little incentive for institutions to change. The authors in this book use ideal worker norms in conjunction with other theories to interrogate the impact on student affairs staff across functional areas, institutional types, career stage, and identity groups. The book is divided into three sections; chapters in the first section of the book examine various facets of the structure of work in student affairs, including the impact of institutional type and different functional areas on employees’ work-lives. Chapters in the second section examine the personal toll that working in student affairs can take, including emotional labor’s impact on well-being. The final section of the book narrows the focus to explore how different identity groups, including mothers, fathers, and people of color, navigate work/life issues. Challenging ideal worker norms, all chapters offer implications for practice for both individuals and institutions.

Author : Roland S. Barth
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2003-06-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781483334196

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Lessons Learned by Roland S. Barth Pdf

Barth shares his often whimsical, but always thoughtful reflections on relationships at sea and in the workplace.

Author : William G. Tierney
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000978384

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The Impact of Culture on Organizational Decision-Making by William G. Tierney Pdf

Colleges and universities are currently undergoing the most significant challenges they have faced since World War II. Rising costs, increased competition from for-profit providers, the impact of technology, and the changing desires and needs of consumers have combined to create a dynamic tension for those who work in, and study, postsecondary education. What worked yesterday is unlikely to work tomorrow. The status quo or bromides such as “stay the course” are insufficient responses in a market that demands creativity and innovation if an organization does not simply wish to survive, but thrive.Managerial responses or top-down linear decisions are antithetical to academic organizations and most likely recipes for disaster. In today’s “flat world”, decision-making for most organizations has become less hierarchical and more decentralized. Understanding this trend is of particular importance for organizations with traditions of shared governance. The message of this book is that understanding organizational culture is critical for those who recognize that academe must change, but are unsure how to make that change happen. Even the most seasoned college and university administrators and professors often ask themselves, “What holds this place together?” The author’s answer is that an organization’s culture is the glue of academic life. Paradoxically, this “glue” does not make things get stuck, but unstuck. An understanding of culture enables an organization’s participants to interpret the institution to themselves and others, and in consequence, to propel the institution forward.An organization’s culture is reflected in what is done, how it is done, and who is involved in doing it. It concerns decisions, actions, and communication on an instrumental and symbolic level. This book considers various facets of academic culture, discusses how to study it, how to analyze it, and how to improve it in order to move colleges and universities aggressively into the future while maintaining core academic values. This book presents updated versions of eight key articles on organizational culture in higher education by William G. Tierney. The new introduction that sets them in the context of current and future challenges will add further value to articles that are already in high demand.

Author : Sonja Ardoin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000978254

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The Strategic Guide to Shaping Your Student Affairs Career by Sonja Ardoin Pdf

This is a book for any student affairs professional who wants to strategically shape his or her career path—and will be particularly helpful for people in early or mid-career, or contemplating a career, in student affairs.By engagingly offering us the fruits of the reflective and strategic approach she has used to shape her own career, and of the theoretical and practical approaches she has undertaken to map out the culture and dynamics of student affairs, and by gathering the voices of 25 professionals who offer the insights and advice derived from their own experiences, Sonja Ardoin has created a guide for everyone in student affairs who wants to be intentional in setting the course for their professional and personal development.She begins by describing the changing and varied student populations who are the heart of this field, and outlines the typical organizational structures of student affairs, the range of functional areas, and how practice varies by size and type of institution. She highlights major trends, discusses the typical paths of entry to the profession, the expectations and realities of starting in a new position, the process of socialization, and the required skills and competencies. She devotes the core of the book to the five key elements for developing a career strategy: Lifelong Learning, Extending Your Experiences, Planning for Professional Development, Networking/Connecting, and Self-Reflection, and provides advice on the job search, from application through interview. In doing so she ranges over choices to be made about formal qualifications, and describes activities – from volunteering and committee work to conference presentations, writing and teaching – that we can use to strategically develop the proficiencies to attain our goals.

Author : Walter H. Gmelch,Jeffrey L. Buller
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781118989319

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Building Academic Leadership Capacity by Walter H. Gmelch,Jeffrey L. Buller Pdf

A clear, systematic road map to effective campus leadership development Building Academic Leadership Capacity gives institutions the knowledge they need to invest in the next generation of academic leaders. With a clear, generalizable, systematic approach, this book provides insight into the elements of successful academic leadership and the training that makes it effective. Readers will explore original research that facilitates systematic, continuous program development, augmented by the authors' own insight drawn from experience establishing such programs. Numerous examples of current campus programs illustrate the concepts in action, and reflection questions lead readers to assess how they can apply these concepts to their own programs. The academic leader is the least studied and most misunderstood management position in America. Demands for accountability and the complexities of higher education leadership are increasing, and institutions need ways to shape leaders at the department chair, dean, and executive levels of all functions and responsibilities. This book provides a road map to an effective development program, whether the goal is to revamp an existing program or build one from the ground up. Readers will learn to: Develop campus leadership programs in a more systematic manner Examine approaches that have been proven effective at other institutions Consider how these approaches could be applied to your institution Give leaders the skills they need to overcome any challenge The field of higher education offers limited opportunity to develop leaders, so institutions must invest in and grow campus leaders themselves. All development programs are not created equal, so it's important to have the most effective methods in place from day one. For the institution seeking a better way to invest in the next generation of campus leaders, Building Academic Leadership Capacity is a valuable resource.

Author : KerryAnn O'Meara,Aimee LaPointe Terosky,Anna Neumann
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015075644750

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Faculty Careers and Work Lives: A Professional Growth Perspective by KerryAnn O'Meara,Aimee LaPointe Terosky,Anna Neumann Pdf

This volume reviews and synthesizes recent research on faculty demographics, appointment types, work life, and reward systems, as well as major theoretical perspectives useful to researchers who study faculty work, careers, and professional development. In doing so, it advances and challenges current dialogue on faculty careers, notably by exploring a "narrative of constraint" that underlies much contemporary research and reform in higher education. Although highlighting the valuable ways whereby the "narrative of constraint" has illuminated the myriad barriers than can--and too often do--inhibit faculty careers, the authors assert that the theme of "constraint" obscures possibility, learning, agency, and growth. In emphasizing constraint, many contemporary research and reform efforts overlook faculty striving for growth. The volume reintroduces growth as an important consideration in higher education discourses of policy and practice, and with attention to four of its key aspects: learning, agency, professional relationships, and commitments. The authors discuss current research on faculty demographics, appointments, work, reward systems, along with theories used in research, relative to these four aspects of growth. They also discuss how attention to faculty growth my open up new directions for policy, public communication, and future research on higher education faculty. This is the third issue in the 34th volume of the Jossey-Bass series ASHE Higher Education Report. Each monograph in the series is the definitive analysis of a tough higher education problem, based on thorough research of pertinent literature and institutional experiences. Topics are identified by a national survey. Noted practitioners and scholars are then commissioned to write the reports, with experts providing critical reviews of each manuscript before publication.

Author : Henry Stewart (M.A.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600039377

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Our redcoats and bluejackets: war pictures, forming a narrative of the naval and military history of England from 1793 by Henry Stewart (M.A.) Pdf

Author : Anthony Grafton,Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr
Publisher : Springer
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781137428899

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How to Build a Life in the Humanities by Anthony Grafton,Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr Pdf

A follow-up to the popular Graduate Study for the 21st Century , this book seeks to expand professional development to include the personal aspects of daily lives in the humanities. How to Build a Life in the Humanities delves into pressing work-life issues such as post-tenure depression, academic life with children, aging, and adjuncting.

Author : Päivi Tynjälä,Jussi Välimaa,Gillian Boulton-Lewis
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780080450209

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Higher Education and Working Life by Päivi Tynjälä,Jussi Välimaa,Gillian Boulton-Lewis Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive discussion of the relationship between higher education & working life from three different perspectives: society, higher education & the world of work. The chapters discuss the interplay between education & work both from the societal point of view & from the pedagogical perspective.