Mentoring Faculty Through the Glass Ceiling at HBCUs

2021 ◽  
pp. 382-397
Author(s):  
Audrey McCrary Quarles
Keyword(s):  
Glass Ceiling ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Environment

The mission of this chapter is to discuss the glass ceiling and the contributing factors that seem to impact faculty members at HBCUs continuously; provide insight on effective strategies to avoid pitfalls, and to provide helpful recommendations to advance to new grounds once the glass ceiling becomes unbreakable. While steps have been made to examine the impact of a positive environment, the individual is ultimately responsible for personal growth in their chosen environment.

Mentoring Faculty Through the Glass Ceiling at HBCUs

2018 ◽  
pp. 58-78
Author(s):  
Audrey McCrary Quarles
Keyword(s):  
Glass Ceiling ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Environment

The mission of this chapter is to discuss the glass ceiling and the contributing factors that seem to impact faculty members at HBCUs continuously; provide insight on effective strategies to avoid pitfalls, and to provide helpful recommendations to advance to new grounds once the glass ceiling becomes unbreakable. While steps have been made to examine the impact of a positive environment, the individual is ultimately responsible for personal growth in their chosen environment.

The Impact of Suicide on Life Expectancy

Crisis ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul S. F. Yip ◽  
Yan Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Suicide Intervention ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. Background: In Hong Kong, there have been significant changes in suicide rates during the period 1996–2015. Aim: We aimed to assess the impact of change in suicide rates on life expectancy in Hong Kong. Method: A decomposition method was used to quantify the impact of suicide on life expectancy in Hong Kong. Results: During 1996–2003, the increase in total suicide rate made negative contributions to the increase in life expectancy in Hong Kong (−0.15 years), with incidence component and age component accounting for −0.17 years and 0.02 years, respectively. However, during 2003–2015, the decrease in the number of suicide deaths contributed to the life expectancy by 0.16 years, with the incidence component still playing a predominant role. Furthermore, the contribution mechanism of suicide varied across suicide methods and gender. Limitations: Apart from suicide, the change in life expectancy could be affected by various factors, which needs to be considered. Moreover, conclusions of the study were made at the population level rather than the individual level. Conclusion: Suicide has a non-negligible impact on life expectancy in Hong Kong. Understanding the contribution pattern of suicide and sustaining effective strategies for suicide intervention would contribute positively to improvements in Hong Kong life expectancy.

scholarly journals Publications by Faculty Members of Humanities and Social Science Departments of IIT Kharagpur : A bibliometric study

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trishna Bhui ◽  
Nivedita Bhattacharyya Sahu
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Citation Count ◽  
National Level ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Journal Of Business Ethics ◽  
The Impact

<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>This paper evaluates the citation count of article publications in journals by faculty members in the Humanities and Social Science (HSS) Departments of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur. The publication data is retrieved from the individual bio-sketch and annual reports available in the websites for 17 years from 2000-2016. Web of Science database has been used for counting the citations. Parameters like total publications in journals, most preferred journal for publication, highly cited journals, collaborative status of faculty publications and thereby </span><span>their citation counts, faculty member receiving highest citation are studied. The finding reveals that 623 articles are </span><span>found in total 359 journal. There is an increasing trend in the number of publications over the years. The journal </span><span>named Psychological Studies ranked first with 27 publications of faculties whereas Journal of Business Ethics received highest citations and grabbed the first position amongst the journals. Collaborative researches by three authors received maximum citations. The faculty members are engaged in variant fields of research but the impact is </span><span>higher at national level than that of international level. Sage is found to be the most preferred publisher publishing journal articles of the faculty members from HSS Departments of IIT, Kharagpur. </span></p></div></div></div>

scholarly journals Perceived Sources of Stress among faculty members of COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-18
Author(s):  
Rosman Bin Md Yusoff ◽  
Kamran Azam
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Relaxation Techniques ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
The Individual

The present study aims at exploring the perceived sources of stress among the faculty members of COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan by examining the stress coping methods used by faculty members for devising proposed stress management practices to faculty members. Two self-administered questionnaires were distributed among 150 randomly selected teachers from five campuses of (CIIT), Pakistan. The 1st questionnaire comprised 20-items regarding five teacher’s stressors while the second questionnaire contained 10-itmes about the individual stress copying techniques. Scores for items on stressors & stress copying techniques were computed by adding weights assigned and then an Exploratory Factor analysis was run for extracting stress contributing factors. The total teacher’s stress score ranged from 25 to 100 in which female, 25-30 years age group & single teacher had high stress scores. Total 18 items were loaded high (0.60+) on the five factors of stress after factor analysis. Majority of teachers (64%) practiced behavioral self-control, exercise and relaxation techniques for coping stress. This study does not investigate casual link between stress and stress contributing sources among teachers. The results of the study are useful both to academic world and to educational policy makers. This study is an addition to existing knowledge on university teachers’ stress in Pakistan. The awareness about stress contributing factors is vital to the university teachers in Pakistan because the problem of teachers’ stress if left unchecked can have devastating effects both on teachers as well on students.

scholarly journals The Impact of Perception of Glass Ceilling in Organization and Social Support on Motivation and Organizational Commitment

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
SHEILA PERMATA AYUNI ◽  
HARYADI HARYADI
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Glass Ceiling ◽  
Reliability Test ◽  
Individual Perceptions ◽  
Individual Perception ◽  
Female Employees ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

This research takes the title: "The Influence of Individual Perception About Glass Ceilings in Organizational and Social Support Against Organizational Motivation and Commitment (Study at PT Micro Madani Institute)". The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of individual glass on the glass ceiling in the workplace and also to socialize the organization and the company. The method used is a survey with the number of respondents in this study as many as 50 respondents. The analysis used is the test of validity, reliability test, multiple regression, sobel test, and hypothesis testing. Based on the results of research and data analysis using Multiple Regression shows that: (1) Individual Perception about Glass Ceiling have an effect on to Motivation. (2) Social Support affects Motivation. (3) Motivation affects Organizational Commitment. (4) Individual Perceptions of Glass Ceiling Affects Organizational Commitment. (5) Social Support affects Organizational Commitment. (6) Motivation mediates Individual Perceptions of Glass Ceiling on Organizational Commitment. (7) Motivation mediates Social Support to Organizational Commitment. The implications of this research are the work that can be done to change the individual perceptions of glass ceiling to be better in the minds of employees by approaching female employees, providing understanding and motivation, and company policies to better accept the opinions of female employees and provide assistance to the problems faced by female employees so that female employees become more motivated to work. Co-workers who support each other and can work together, and leaders who give appreciation and appreciation will motivate employees to always give the best work of work to the company. Containers to complain of discrimination in the workplace can curb the practice of glass ceiling and enable employees to increase organizational commitment to the company. Social support from colleagues and leaders will keep employees motivated and committed and accountable to their work within the organization.

scholarly journals Students as partners in collaborative course design and educational research

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-80
Author(s):  
Cortney Hanna-Benson ◽  
Shayla Kroeze ◽  
Radhika Gandhi ◽  
Tom Haffie ◽  
Lindi M. Wahl
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Personal Agency ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Personal Reflections ◽  
The Impact

The impact of collaborative course design is explored in this qualitative, longitudinal study of an upper-year course in which 30-40 undergraduate students co-designed the course syllabus, including both course content and assessments. In addition, the research questions and methods were co-designed by a research team involving six undergraduate student partners, an educational developer, and two faculty members. Student written work and focus-group transcripts were coded and analyzed using longitudinal interpretive phenomenological analysis. The two major themes emerging from this analysis were (a) growth (i.e., the development of academic skills, reflective practice, and personal growth that extended beyond the course), and (b) awareness (of students as a community of learners, of instructors as partners in learning, and of personal agency in learning). Personal reflections on the impact of this partnership revealed broad benefits to both students and academic staff.

What a great idea! Someone should evaluate that...

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 270 ◽  
Author(s):  
David D. Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Rural Health ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Creative Work ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Organisational Support ◽  
Great Idea ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Reflective Narrative ◽  
The Way

How often, as clinicians, do we see a really clever idea implemented in the workplace? In rural health in particular, creative work-around solutions are relatively commonplace. However, the evaluation and promotion of these ideas is less so, and this leads to lost opportunities for perpetuating these clever ideas. This paper explores one rural clinician’s experience of what can happen if, instead of appreciating and complementing a great idea, that step of evaluating the great idea is taken. A reflective narrative was created, beginning with a corridor conversation (‘What a great idea! Someone should evaluate that…’), continuing through a formal research project and ending with the impact of that project and the way its findings were communicated and implemented. The narrative outlines the effect of evaluating one great idea at the individual, workplace, organisational, state and national levels. Clinicians are well placed to identify great ideas in practice. Making the decision to evaluate these ideas can lead to personal growth, professional discovery and organisational benefits. With motivation and organisational support, who knows where evaluation may lead?

scholarly journals An investigation of career change using a narrative and story-telling inquiry

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Willie T. Chinyamurindi
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Career Change ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Body ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Value Add ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

Orientation: The role of the career change experience has been investigated in this research. Understanding career change will assist with organisational interventions for the support and retention of employees.Research purpose: The study explores the factors that influence career change amongst a sample of distance learners.Motivation for the study: Distance learning is becoming popular in South Africa as individuals can work and learn simultaneously. Some people use distance learning to facilitate career change.Research design, approach and method: A narrative and storytelling inquiry was used. Data was obtained through unstructured interviews by purposive sampling.Main findings: Sources of career change included personal growth and ambition, and structural changes in relation to current work. The career change experience was found through participants’ stories and narratives to influence individual well-being. Finally, distance learning was favoured as a vehicle for career change for its flexibility and low cost.Practical/managerial implications: Organisations will benefit from an understanding of employee career change experiences as identified in this study. Arising from this, support and retention interventions can be put in place.Contribution/value-add: The research study shifts attention to career change as part of the career decision-making process. This focus is an emerging area of inquiry in the careers literature. This adds to the body of knowledge by identifying, in a South African context, the factors influencing career change and the impact of this on the individual. Interventions for individuals and organisations are suggested.

scholarly journals MODELING OF UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENT: THEORETICAL ASPECT

2019 ◽  
pp. 9-15
Author(s):  
Lyudmila Shumigora
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Theoretical Aspect ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

The article is devoted to modelling as a method of studying the educational environment of university as a process of creating an imaginary system of educational environment, which makes it possible to study the psycho-pedagogical laws. The university’s educational environment is defined as a multi-faceted structure that purposefully and spontaneously influences the professional and personal development of the future specialist, ensuring his / her readiness for professional activity and / or continuation of training, successful self-realization in the process of life activity. The educational environment is a set of material factors of the educational process and interpersonal relationships that establish the subjects of education in pedagogical interaction. The educational environment is a multilevel multicultural entity that is individual to each student; the environment of constructing one’s self, which provides the creation of favorable conditions for actualization of the inner world of the individual, his personal growth, self-realization, the formation of self-consciousness. The essential component of the educational environment is defined by the set of conditions (opportunities) and resources (material, financial, personal, technological, organizational, reputational) for the education of the individual, which are formed in the institution of higher education. The author emphasizes on the main features of the modern university’s educational environment in an open society: flexibility; community and communication; eventfulness; configurability; cultural conformity; spherical; openness, capacity for development and self-development; systematic, organization and structure; sociality; display. Prospects for further research are to investigate the impact of the higher education institution’s educational environment on the personal and professional development of each participant in the educational process.

Accent Policy and Accent Modification Enterprises as Potential Indicators of Intercultural Power Relations: A Call for an Updated Research Agenda

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brynne D. Ovalle ◽  
Rahul Chakraborty
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Linguistic Diversity ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This article has two purposes: (a) to examine the relationship between intercultural power relations and the widespread practice of accent discrimination and (b) to underscore the ramifications of accent discrimination both for the individual and for global society as a whole. First, authors review social theory regarding language and group identity construction, and then go on to integrate more current studies linking accent bias to sociocultural variables. Authors discuss three examples of intercultural accent discrimination in order to illustrate how this link manifests itself in the broader context of international relations (i.e., how accent discrimination is generated in situations of unequal power) and, using a review of current research, assess the consequences of accent discrimination for the individual. Finally, the article highlights the impact that linguistic discrimination is having on linguistic diversity globally, partially using data from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and partially by offering a potential context for interpreting the emergence of practices that seek to reduce or modify speaker accents.

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