What Contributes to Job Satisfaction Among Faculty and Staff
What Contributes to Job Satisfaction Among Faculty and Staff

Author: Linda Serra Hagedorn

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published: 2000-07-20

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780787954383

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In recent years, the attention of college trustees and administrators as well as the general public has turned largely to increasing positive student outcomes and cost effectiveness, while the satisfaction of faculty and staff has been viewed as a significantly lesser concern. This volume argues that positive outcomes for the entire campus can only be achieved within an environment that considers the satisfaction of all of those employed in the academy. The contributors examine various jobs within the campus community-including classified staff and student affairs administrators as well as faculty-and suggest factors that will promote job satisfaction and thereby foster other positive outcomes. They review, for example, the positive relationship between sabbatical leave and the development and satisfaction of faculty. They also explore the role of the faculty union in the satisfaction of community college faculty, the unique challenges to achieving satisfaction that face women faculty members and faculty of color, and other key issues.

Community College Faculty
Community College Faculty

Author: J. Levin

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2006-01-31

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 1403984646

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John S. Levin, Susan T. Kater, and Richard L. Wagoner collectively argue that as community colleges organize themselves to respond to economic needs and employer demands, and as they rely more heavily upon workplace efficiencies such as part-time labor, they turn themselves into businesses or corporations and threaten their social and educational mission.

Chairing the Academic Department
Chairing the Academic Department

Author: Allan Tucker

Publisher: Greenwood

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 584

ISBN-13:

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Third edition of a handbook for the academic administrator promoted from the faculty ranks with little administrative skill or know-how. Provides an depth examination of the typical duties and responsibilities of a department chair that covers an awful lot of ground: from curriculum management to co

Shaping Work-Life Culture in Higher Education
Shaping Work-Life Culture in Higher Education

Author: Laura Koppes Bryan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-07-11

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 1136312242

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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.