Attitudes of academic staff towards their own work and towards external evaluation, from the perspective of self-determination theory. Estonian case.

Autor/inn/en	Seema, Riin; Udam, Maiki; Mattisen, Heli
Titel	Attitudes of academic staff towards their own work and towards external evaluation, from the perspective of self-determination theory. Estonian case.
Quelle	In: Quality in higher education, 22 (2016) 2, S. 117-126Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1353-8322; 1470-1081
DOI	10.1080/13538322.2016.1195967
Schlagwörter	Forschung; Lehre; Studium; Hochschullehrer; Student; Ausland; Estland
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to ascertain the attitudes of academic staff towards their own work as well as towards external evaluations. The study was based on (1) an analysis of assessment reports of institutional accreditations conducted by the Estonian Quality Agency for Higher and Vocational Education and (2) self-determination theory on intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. The satisfaction of academic staff with their own teaching and research competencies was measured and links among the following attitudes were analysed: sense of competence, intrinsic motivation for research, attitudes towards assessment of students and towards external evaluations. The results indicate that a correlation between attitudes towards work and towards external evaluation exists and that the attitudes of academic staff at universities and professional higher education institutions differ. The study involved 252 academic staff members and showed that competent and intrinsically motivated people perceive external evaluation more positively, thus supporting self-determination theory. (HRK / Abstract übernommen).
Erfasst von	Hochschulrektorenkonferenz, Bonn
Update	2017/2