Becoming an Hispanic-Serving Research Institution: Involving Graduate Students in Organizational Change

The changing demographics of higher education have led to an increase in the number and type of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). As research universities continue to see a rise in the enrollment of Latino/a students, a better understanding of the implications of this change within the existing institutional context will be essential to best serve this growing community of students. We position our study within a tradition of organizational culture theory that points to the importance of organizational actors’ interpretations, perspectives, and actions in order to understand an organization’s general behavior and change. By acknowledging the importance of graduate students within research universities, we focus on their perspectives at an Emerging Hispanic-Serving Research Institution (HSRI) and ask, “What are the organizational culture implications of an HSI designation for a research university?” Our analysis revealed four important themes: communicating institutional pride as an HSRI, engaging the benefits of an HSRI, operationalizing a serving mission, and involving graduate students as institutional actors at HSRIs. Institutional recommendations that follow from our findings include providing clear communication regarding HSI status, objectives, and commitment; assessing the campus climate; and increasing graduate student involvement as key leaders within HSRIs.

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Electronic Journal Usage at Ohio State University

College & Research Libraries ◽

10.5860/crl.62.1.25 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 62 (1) ◽

pp. 25-34 ◽

Cited By ~ 41

Author(s):

Sally A. Rogers

Keyword(s):

Graduate Students ◽

Research University ◽

Statistical Correlation ◽

Ohio State University ◽

Electronic Journal ◽

State University ◽

Frequent Users ◽

Advantages And Disadvantages ◽

Frequency Of Use ◽

Large Research

E-journal, printed journal, and database usage data from campus polls conducted annually, 1998–2000, at one large research university show increased use of e-journals and decreased use of printed journals by faculty and graduate students as the number of available e-journals increased from two hundred to more than three thousand. Little or no statistical correlation between age and frequency of use was found. The majority of frequent users of all three types of resources were from departments in the sciences. Transcripts from the 1998 poll provided insights into attitudes toward replacing printed journals with e-journals. The advantages and disadvantages mentioned were consistent with previous studies.

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Knowledge Sharing in Catholic Organizations

International Journal of Knowledge Management ◽

10.4018/ijkm.2021070103 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

pp. 31-49

Author(s):

Carla Curado ◽

João Graça ◽

Mírian Oliveira ◽

Alexandra Fernandes

Keyword(s):

Organizational Culture ◽

Comparative Analysis ◽

Knowledge Sharing ◽

Sense Of Community ◽

Fuzzy Set ◽

Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽

Culture Theory ◽

Norms And Values ◽

Organizational Culture Theory ◽

Catholic Organizations

This study examines knowledge sharing in Catholic organizations. The authors adopt Schein's organizational culture theory that facilitates, or inhibits, knowledge sharing in organizations. Thus, they address the phenomenon at the three levels: the artifacts, the norms and values, and the underlying assumptions. Considering the chosen settings, they study the contributions of individuals having taken vows, the organizational rituals, the significance, and the sense of community perceived by the organizational members. Data were gathered using a survey and were analyzed by using a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis. The study provides the causal configurations of conditions that lead to tacit, explicit, and total knowledge sharing. They also offer the causal configurations of conditions that lead to the absence of each kind of knowledge sharing. Given that the qualitative results cannot be generalized, the study can still be replicated in organizations without restrictions.

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Discussion on a Method of Team-Based-Learning Style Lecture for Graduate Students in a Research University

2016 5th IIAI International Congress on Advanced Applied Informatics (IIAI-AAI) ◽

10.1109/iiai-aai.2016.135 ◽

2016 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Shotaro Imai ◽

Ankit A. Ravankar ◽

Michiyo Shimamura ◽

Taichi E. Takasuka ◽

Go Chiba ◽

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Keyword(s):

Graduate Students ◽

Learning Style ◽

Research University ◽

Team Based Learning

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Perfectionism and Marital Satisfaction among Graduate Students: A Multigroup Invariance Analysis by Counseling Help-seeking Attitudes

Polish Psychological Bulletin ◽

10.1515/ppb-2017-0034 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 48 (2) ◽

pp. 301-306

Author(s):

Fatt Mee Foo ◽

Siti Aishah Hassan ◽

Mansor Abu Talib ◽

Noor Syamilah Zakaria

Keyword(s):

Graduate Students ◽

Marital Satisfaction ◽

Help Seeking ◽

Research University ◽

Mean Difference ◽

Satisfaction Scale ◽

Negative Attitudes ◽

Help Seeking Attitudes ◽

Positive Attitudes ◽

Attitudes Toward Counseling

AbstractThis study aims to measure the latent mean difference in perfectionism and marital satisfaction by counseling help-seeking attitudes. The respondents were 327 married graduate students from a research university in Malaysia. An online self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data. The respondents completed the Almost Perfect Scale- Revised, Dyadic Almost Perfect Scale, Marital Satisfaction Scale, and Attitudes toward Seeking Professional Psychology Help Scale. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to examined the instruments and the results indicated that construct validity were achieved. The latent mean difference in perfectionism and marital satisfaction by counseling help-seeking attitudes were tested using multigroup invariance analysis. The respondents with negative attitudes toward counseling help-seeking (n = 159) reported a higher latent mean in perfectionism but a lower latent mean in marital satisfaction compared to those with positive attitudes toward counseling help-seeking (n = 168). The implications of these findings for counseling services are discussed.

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Interplay of institutional and cultural theories of organization

Sociologija ◽

10.2298/soc1503438j ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 57 (3) ◽

pp. 438-458

Author(s):

Nebojsa Janicijevic

Keyword(s):

Organizational Culture ◽

Institutional Theory ◽

Research Subject ◽

Culture Theory ◽

Organizational Culture Theory ◽

Theory Of Organization ◽

Similarities And Differences ◽

Institutional Theory Of Organizations ◽

Institutional Pattern ◽

Level Of Analysis

In this paper, similarities and differences between the institutional theory of organization and organizational culture theory are analysed, and how these theories complement each other is highlighted. This study posits that both the institutional and cultural theories of organizations have the same research subject and that they approach it from the same research paradigm. The level of analysis distinguishes the two, and therefore, an interaction between the institutional and cultural theories of organizations is useful. Organizational culture theory supports the institutional theory in explaining the underlying factors and the forms of the implementation of institutional pattern in organizations. The institutional theory of organizations supports the organizational culture theory to expand its findings regarding the sources of organizational culture.

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The Effect of Accounting Information and Organizational Culture on Decision Making

Budapest International Research and Critics Institute (BIRCI-Journal) Humanities and Social Sciences ◽

10.33258/birci.v3i1.800 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 522-530

Author(s):

Teresa Paulina Sihombing ◽

Nasirwan Nasirwan ◽

Chandra Situmeang

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Organizational Culture ◽

Catholic Education ◽

Accounting Information ◽

Relevant Information ◽

Partial Least Square ◽

Least Square ◽

Education Foundations ◽

Organizational Culture Theory ◽

Decision Making Model

This study examines the educational foundation's organizational decision making model that is the influence of accounting information and organizational culture on decision making. This research is a quantitative study with descriptive and inferential analysis. The sample of this study was 72 Catholic education foundations in Indonesia, which were tested by Partial Least Square (PLS) based analysis and data processing methods with the Smart PLS 3.0 program. This study obtains some empirical evidence, namely, first, accounting information significantly influences decision making. These results are consistent with the theory that the main purpose of the foundation's financial statements is to provide relevant information to meet the foundation's internal and external interests to help decision makers make the best decisions for the organization. Second, organizational culture significantly influences decision making. This result is in line with organizational culture theory which states that organizational culture is a value that is used as a reference in all decisions and actions of members of the organization and that reflects the goals, identity, and standard of evaluation of everything in the organization. So it was concluded that the best decision was a decision made based on accounting information and organizational culture at a Catholic education foundation in Indonesia

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Endowment as a Fundraising Tool of the Research University

European Journal of Sustainable Development ◽

10.14207/ejsd.2020.v9n2p366 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 366-374

Author(s):

Alla Stepanova ◽

Iryna Horbas’ ◽

Oksana Derkach ◽

Tetyana Ovcharenko

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Research Universities ◽

Research University ◽

Swot Analysis ◽

Educational Services ◽

Successful Implementation ◽

Scientific Discussion ◽

The World ◽

The Government ◽

Alternative Sources

The article summarizes the arguments within the scientific discussion about the search of alternative sources of research universities funding in the absence of sufficient support from the government. The main objective of the research is to define the possibility of using the endowment as a fundraising tool to attract alternative sources of funding for research universities in Ukraine. The relevance of solving this scientific issue lies in the fact that modern research universities are independent entities, which according to the Bologna Declaration assume the entire load on the future of the state and have to do it at the highest professional level. This can be ensured through a combination of traditional and modern sources of funding. The world experience of successful implementation of the endowment has been presented. The level of knowledge intensity of GDP, which is one of the key indicators that reflects the level of quality of higher education, has been analyzed. The endowment as one of the most effective fundraising tools is poorly developed in Ukraine. This fact has prompted us to research the main provisions of this phenomenon and to define the conditions for its implementation in Ukrainian research-based institutions of higher education by means of the strategic analysis. The conducted SWOT analysis has made it possible to systematize problem areas of the domestic market of educational services in the direction of creating and using the endowment and predicting possible strategies for its development. Since the Research Universities are considered to be the core of creation of intellectual and innovative products and the crucial mover of scientific and technological progress in the country and in the world, they have been chosen as the research object. Keywords: fundraising, endowment, Research University, market of educational services, investment, alternative sources of funding

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Policy for the effective research university

Global Journal on Humanities and Social Sciences ◽

10.18844/gjhss.v0i0.414 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Prayuth Chusorn ◽

Cheaztha Bhoprathab ◽

Pornpimon Chusorn ◽

Pramook Chusorn ◽

Yupawarat Kentekrom

Keyword(s):

Focus Group ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Research University ◽

Group Discussion ◽

Policy Research ◽

Monitoring And Evaluation ◽

Research Institution ◽

Research And Innovation ◽

Group Form ◽

Commercial Applications

Research for development policy for the Effective Research University case study of Khon Kaen University used the principle of policy research divided into three stages: 1) the synthesis document 2) Interviews of experts and 3) focus group discussion. Target groups include administrators, faculty member and university researchers. Research tools were documentary analysis questionnaires and the focus group form. The analysis and interpreted data were performed by content analysis.Research findings As a leading research university with international quality and standards as importance goal which requires challenge strategies aimed to integrative change as follows,Preparing personnel together, determine the faculty strategies to support personnel and researchers, using a variety of research products, creative works develop into applied research and development research and create system and mechanisms of intellectual property to develop into commercial applications continuously. Establishing research fund to motivate faculty members researchers and graduate students for knowledge technologies to be utilized and satisfy the needs of local and nationally. Knowledge management of the experiences of a senior researcher ,support the teaching and learning process by using the study as a base by integrating research and teaching at both the subjects and courses including the use of research-based knowledge to manage the process of decision making, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and improvement work. Support for research and transfer research to the public focus on professional development and quality of life as well as the base for the development of networking and knowledge sharing. Awards & recognition / reward and honor researchers and research institution with outstanding performance in research and innovation to accelerate the strengthening of research integration, towards selfreliance build competitiveness and social guides. Keywords: Research University, challenge strategies

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