Title Always at odds? : creating alignment between faculty and administrative values / Mary C. Wright

Published Albany : State University of New York, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 95 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction -- Benefits of instructional congruence -- "It's like bad taste": how interpretative structures contribute to personal-organization fit -- Social networks as building blocks for congruence: faculty that chalk together talk together -- How chairs build instructional communities: big pictures vs. big impacts -- Sharing the value of teaching: ways to build a culture of congruence Summary "In surveys, research university faculty often report that they value teaching more than their departments do. This incongruence holds implications for job satisfaction, stress, time spent on teaching, organizational continuity, and even student evaluations. Using an interactionist view of organizations, Mary C. Wright examines the reasons for this lack of agreement between the individual's values and perceptions of organizational leaders' views. She also examines departments in which there is a consensus about the value of teaching, specifically how formal policies, social networks around teaching, and chair leadership can offer an alternative work environment, or a culture of congruence around instruction. The practices and organizational arrangements of these departments offer lessons for administrators, faculty, and faculty developers who wish to create universities conducive to instructional enhancement. Because this book features extensive case studies of science departments, it also holds implications for those interested in constructing productive work environments and enhancing student learning in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Universities and colleges -- United States -- Faculty -- Attitudes Teacher-administrator relationships -- United States Universities and colleges -- United States -- Administration. Communication in education -- United States EDUCATION -- Higher. Communication in education Teacher-administrator relationships Universities and colleges -- Administration Universities and colleges -- Faculty -- Attitudes United States Form Electronic book ISBN 9781435648456 1435648455

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