Open AccessCredibility: The Crux of Faculty Development
Author(s) -
Morgan Margaret M.,
Phelps Patricia H.,
Pritchard Joan E.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
to improve the academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-4822
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-4822.1995.tb00283.x
Subject(s) - credibility , quality (philosophy) , work (physics) , public relations , psychology , political science , engineering , epistemology , philosophy , law , mechanical engineering
Credibility, the quality through which leaders earn the trust and confidence of their constituents, underlies effective faculty development. Drawing upon the work of Kouzes and Posner (1993), this paper examines six practices, or disciplines, by which faculty developers can increase their credibility.