Open Access1: NAVIGATING THE NEW NORMAL
Author(s) -
Allen Terre H.,
Harbinger Holly,
Para Donald J.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
to improve the academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-4822
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-4822.2013.tb00695.x
Subject(s) - socialization , workload , context (archaeology) , new normal , work (physics) , psychology , job satisfaction , pedagogy , medical education , sociology , management , social psychology , engineering , medicine , geography , mechanical engineering , archaeology , disease , pathology , economics , covid-19 , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Faculty socialization and satisfaction are critical to retaining quality teacher/scholars and key to a well‐functioning teaching‐intensive, research‐driven university (Ponjuan, Conley, & Trower, 2011). This chapter reports on a year‐long research project aimed at investigating faculty work life and satisfaction at a large, urban, comprehensive state university. Our goal was to use empirical evidence to understand and support faculty work under the “new normal” conditions characterized by reduced state funding and increased faculty workload. We discuss the results in terms of a revitalized direction for faculty and explore directions for organizational development within the context of the new normal.