Representations of Academic Life: Institutional and Personal Values
The way academics construct professional identities and operate in a complex profession that is under pressure depends on how they position themselves in relation to institutional cultures. In order to investigate faculty representations of academic life, a survey case study (questionnaire and inte...
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Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
2014-07-01
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| author | Flávia Vieira José Carlos Morgado Judite Almeida Manuela Silva Joaquim Sá |
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| description | The way academics construct professional identities and operate in a complex profession that is under pressure depends on how they position themselves in relation to institutional cultures. In order to investigate faculty representations of academic life, a survey case study (questionnaire and interviews) focusing on potential dissonance between institutional and personal values was conducted at the University of Minho (Braga-Portugal), a research-teaching university. Dissonance was found related to teaching, research, working climate, relationships and leadership, suggesting a person-organization misfit. Dissatisfaction arising from values incongruence co-exists with efforts for self-fulfilment as academics struggle to preserve their identity while realizing that institutional priorities may run counter to their ideals. Acknowledging dissonance as a vital element within a culture of respect for diversity would foster the negotiation of understandings about what the academic community is and might be. Institution-specific inquiry into academic experience should not only be expanded but also become part of the strategic (re)definition of institutional development policies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d2d2fc6cccf6430b9e00c4a11ca16e5b2025-01-10T06:32:18ZengUniversidad Autónoma de Baja CaliforniaRevista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa1607-40412014-07-01162367Representations of Academic Life: Institutional and Personal ValuesFlávia Vieira0José Carlos Morgado1Judite Almeida2Manuela Silva3Joaquim Sá4Universidade do MinhoUniversidade do MinhoUniversidade do MinhoUniversidade do MinhoUniversidade do MinhoThe way academics construct professional identities and operate in a complex profession that is under pressure depends on how they position themselves in relation to institutional cultures. In order to investigate faculty representations of academic life, a survey case study (questionnaire and interviews) focusing on potential dissonance between institutional and personal values was conducted at the University of Minho (Braga-Portugal), a research-teaching university. Dissonance was found related to teaching, research, working climate, relationships and leadership, suggesting a person-organization misfit. Dissatisfaction arising from values incongruence co-exists with efforts for self-fulfilment as academics struggle to preserve their identity while realizing that institutional priorities may run counter to their ideals. Acknowledging dissonance as a vital element within a culture of respect for diversity would foster the negotiation of understandings about what the academic community is and might be. Institution-specific inquiry into academic experience should not only be expanded but also become part of the strategic (re)definition of institutional development policies.https://redie.uabc.mx/redie/article/view/379RepresentationsAcademic lifeValuesDissonance. |
| spellingShingle | Flávia Vieira José Carlos Morgado Judite Almeida Manuela Silva Joaquim Sá Representations of Academic Life: Institutional and Personal Values Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa Representations Academic life Values Dissonance. |
| title | Representations of Academic Life: Institutional and Personal Values |
| title_full | Representations of Academic Life: Institutional and Personal Values |
| title_fullStr | Representations of Academic Life: Institutional and Personal Values |
| title_full_unstemmed | Representations of Academic Life: Institutional and Personal Values |
| title_short | Representations of Academic Life: Institutional and Personal Values |
| title_sort | representations of academic life institutional and personal values |
| topic | Representations Academic life Values Dissonance. |
| url | https://redie.uabc.mx/redie/article/view/379 |
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