Stress and Violence in the Workplace and on Campus

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew L. Hunt ◽  
Aaron W. Hughey ◽  
Monica G. Burke
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
College Campus ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Public Agencies ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
Student Stress ◽  
The Past ◽  
Stress Levels ◽  
Violence In The Workplace ◽  
The Relationship

Levels of stress and violence at work have been increasing globally for the past few decades. Whether the setting is business and industry or a college campus, this disturbing trend affects a growing number of people, including those who do not work directly in these environments. In this paper the authors describe the relationship between stress and violence and offer recommendations as to how managers and administrators can reduce employee and student stress levels and help to prevent hostile behaviour from occurring in private companies, public agencies and institutions of higher education. Proactive strategies for preventing violent incidents are included together with suggestions on how to deal effectively with such incidents when they do arise.

scholarly journals Faktor Penentu Amalan Kitar Semula Generasi Y Di Terengganu

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noor. H. Cheku ◽  
Ibrahim Mamat ◽  
Mohd Yusri Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Environmental Attitudes ◽  
Research Tool ◽  
High Potential ◽  
Environmental Concerns ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Relationship

Recycling campaign in Malaysia has failed because the practice of recycling among residents is still low. Thus, the Ministry of Housing and Local Government Malaysia has relaunched the campaign in 2001. Despite the high potential of recycling, only 10 per cent the amount of waste being recycled. This rate increased slowly, an increase of 5 percent over the past 12 years. This study aimed to investigate the relationship and the contribution of  attitude towards recycle, environmental concerns and recycling practiced by Y generation in Terengganu. The respondents consisted of 338 students from seven institutions of higher education that represents Y generation for each district in the State. Questionnaire on environmental  attitudes, environmental concerns and recycling practices was modified from previous studies and used as a research tool. Data were analyzed using SPSS 20. The findings showed that there was a significant relationship between the  attitudes towards environment and practice of recycling (r = 0.80, sig = 0.00) and environmental concerns with the practice of recycling (r = 0.82, sig = 0.00). The findings also  discovered that  the environmental attitudes and the concern for the environment have  contributed 72.2% to the practice of recycling. This study suggests a number of strategies to increase recycling practices.

Improving the Quality of Survey Data on College Campus Woman Abuse: The Contribution of a Supplementary Open-Ended Question

2020 ◽  
pp. 107780122097549
Author(s):  
Walter S. DeKeseredy ◽  
Danielle M. Stoneberg ◽  
James Nolan ◽  
Gabrielle L. Lory
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
College Campus ◽  
Woman Abuse ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Prevalence Rates ◽  
Methodological Challenge ◽  
Using Data

Obtaining accurate survey data on the prevalence of woman abuse in institutions of higher education continues to be a major methodological challenge. Underreporting is difficult to overcome; yet, there may be effective ways of minimizing this problem. One is adding a supplementary open-ended question to a primarily quantitative questionnaire. Using data derived from the Campus Quality of Life Survey (CQLS), this article examines whether asking respondents to complete such a question increases the prevalence rates of four types of woman abuse and provides information on behaviors that are not included in widely used and validated measures of these harms.

Institutions Respond to Changing Federal and State Environments

2020 ◽  
pp. 67-90
Author(s):  
Nancy Kleniewski
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Financial Aid ◽  
Research Funding ◽  
Government Regulation ◽  
State Level ◽  
The State ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Federal Level ◽  
The Past ◽  
Regulation Changes

Institutions of higher education must respond to the changing landscape of federal and state expectations. This chapter explores how that landscape has changed over the past two decades and how some institutions are responding. At the federal level, changes have affected financial aid, research funding, and government regulation. Changes at the state level include significant reductions in state support and increases in tuition. These changes are occurring as higher education becomes more of a marketplace than a public service. The chapter offers some strategies for institutions hoping to garner increased support, particularly at the state level.

scholarly journals Entry barriers and “Glass Roof” in University Management in Colombia

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (65) ◽  
pp. 18-30
Author(s):  
Cristian Bedoya Dorado ◽  
Mónica García-Solarte ◽  
Juan Sebastián Peña-Zúñiga ◽  
Steven Alejandro Piñeros Buriticá
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
University Management ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Social ◽  
Management Positions ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

Management in the context of higher education has been characterized by the predominance of male participation, mainly in senior management positions. As a result, women’s low participation is mainly concentrated in lower management positions, and their chances of escalating hierarchical positions are mediated by various factors ranging from subjective to socially naturalized. The objective of this research is to analyze the barriers women face to enter and escalate positions in university management in Colombia. Under a qualitative design, 26 semi-structured interviews were applied to university managers from different institutions of higher education in Colombia. The transcripts were analyzed using discourse analysis through three categories: individual, internal, and external barriers of the university. It was found that women face entry and promotion barriers marked by experiences, and conditions of inequality and discrimination in a male-dominated context. These barriers are conditioned by personal elements, organizational culture, and the social role of women. In addition, women’s trajectories involve mediation between professional development and family life. The study reveals experiences that contribute to understanding the research phenomenon from the webbing of senses and meanings. It is posited that the “glass ceiling” is mediated by variables in the internal order, and by the relationship between universities and their context.

scholarly journals Productivity of the millennial generation in institutions of higher education

2019 ◽  
pp. 34-43
Author(s):  
Ana Rosa Navarro-Hernandez ◽  
Alberto Merced Castro-Valencia
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Climate ◽  
Baby Boomers ◽  
Millennial Generation ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Theoretical Support ◽  
Pilot Sample ◽  
The Relationship

General objectives: evaluate the relationship that exists between job satisfaction, organizational climate and leadership within higher education institutions in the Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara. Specific: analyze the relationship between job satisfaction and productivity in the millennial generation (GM), analyze the relationship between the labor climate and productivity (GM) and analyze the relationship between leadership and productivity (GM). Methodology: It is about making a comparison between the generations: millennial (1980-2000), baby boomers (1945-1965), "X" (1965-1980) and "Z" (2000-present), it is a theoretical support of articles, a quantitative research is carried out, in which up to now the application of 50 instruments has been carried out in a simple random pilot sample which gathered people of all ages who are currently responding at the Autonomous University of Guadalajara. Contributions The theory aims to contribute to the generation of a model on the characteristics that millennials are interested in their work. In the methodological aspect a specific instrument is used for each variable: job satisfaction in Meliá and Peiró (1998), organizational climate of Koys and Decottis (1991), leadership of Bargavi, Paul & Samuel (2006) and for productivity Sources (2012).

scholarly journals Internationalization, the Curriculum and the Disciplines

2015 ◽  
pp. 10-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans De Wit ◽  
Betty Leask
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Internationalization Of Higher Education ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
National Organizations ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
National Governments ◽  
The Relationship

Institutions of higher education, national governments and (inter)national organizations have become more proactive, comprehensive, diverse, and innovative in their approaches to internationalization. Critical reflection on their outcomes, and in particular their impact on student learning, has resulted in a search for approaches to internationalization that have deeper meaning and greater impact. However, it is only relatively recently that questions related to the relationship between the internationalization of higher education, the curriculum and the disciplines have been explored in depth. Some of these questions are discussed, such as the relationship between ‘at home’ and ‘abroad’, the role of mobility, the role of contexts and the definition of internationalization of the curriculum.

Learning to Work and Working to Learn

2009 ◽  
pp. 638-667
Author(s):  
Gary Brown ◽  
Theron Desrosier ◽  
Debbie Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Washington State ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
State University ◽  
Learning Outcomes Assessment ◽  
Washington State University ◽  
The World ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between higher education and the world of work is complex and often characterized by a great deal of misperception, underscored by the recent press for accountability purportedly in response to reports of public dissatisfaction with the lack of transparency in institutions of higher education. This chapter explores the complex relationship between learning outcomes assessment, employer expectations, and traditional and emerging pedagogies. An approach used at Washington State University that uses assessment and technology as levers to help students and faculty bridge the real and the perceptual divide between learning in school and learning in the world of work is presented.

Alexander the Great Had Aristotle

2019 ◽  
pp. 3-15
Author(s):  
Paul Woodruff
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Community Education ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Alexander The Great ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Healthy Organization ◽  
Ways Of Being ◽  
Do So

Leaders can emerge only under certain conditions; they need opportunities, experience, and education. Some famous leaders from the past have developed without formal education, but Alexander the Great studied with Aristotle. We should look at examples of leaders who changed the world without armies, however. Today, institutions of higher education can provide the necessary education, as well as opportunities and experience; they should do so intentionally in order to make good on their promise to students and parents. Opportunities arise inside and outside the classroom. Students should make the most of these opportunities in order to gain experience as leaders. Freedom is an essential component of opportunity for leadership, since leadership does not flourish in a strict hierarchical community. Education for leadership suits all students; there are many ways of being a leader, and in a healthy organization, every member is prepared to show leadership. Leaders need followers, of course, but good followers develop the same abilities as good leaders. This chapter outlines the main topics that the book will cover.

Asian Americans: Achievements Mask Challenges

2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 290-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roli Varma
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Glass Ceiling ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Model Minority ◽  
Career Mobility ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Private Companies

AbstractThis article focuses on the existence of the "glass ceiling" to upward career mobility experienced by Asian Americans in professional occupations. It questions the recent portrayal of Asian Americans as a "model minority" who have "made it" in America. Instead, it shows that despite their good record of achievement, Asian Americans do not reach a level at which they can participate in policy and decision-making responsibilities. This article builds on the emerging glass ceiling literature by Asian American scholars, while examining social/cultural complexities, peculiarities, and nuances in private companies, government agencies, and institutions of higher education.

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