Faculty Perceptions of Tenure in Parks, Recreation, and Tourism

Autor/inn/en	Schwab, Keri; Hendricks, William W.; Dustin, Daniel L.; Murphy, James F.
Titel	Faculty Perceptions of Tenure in Parks, Recreation, and Tourism
Quelle	In: Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 33 (2018) 1, S.12-28 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1937-156X
DOI	10.1080/1937156X.2018.1440818
Schlagwörter	College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; Parks; Recreation; Tourism; Tenure; Gender Differences; Academic Rank (Professional); Institutional Characteristics; Job Security; Academic Freedom; Leisure Time; Teacher Characteristics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten; Freizeitpark; Re-creation; Erholung; Tourismus; Amtszeit; Beschäftigungsdauer; Geschlechterkonflikt; Arbeitsplatzsicherheit; Akademische Freiheit; Freizeit
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to assess faculty perceptions of tenure in parks, recreation, and tourism. To answer our research questions, we designed a 26-item survey and posted it on The Academy of Leisure Sciences listserv (ALSnet). We received 149 usable responses to the survey and grouped the results into the categories of: earning tenure, tenure's meaning, expectations of tenured faculty, post-tenure review, and fixed-term contracts as an alternative to tenure. We also analyzed our overall findings to investigate parks, recreation, and tourism (PRT) faculty members' perceptions of tenure for statistically significant differences by sex, academic rank and tenure status, and institutional type. The results of the study confirm many long-held assumptions about the importance of tenure for job security and academic freedom, as well as indicating some blueprints for building a career in higher education based on institutional type (bachelor's and master's degree-granting teaching universities versus doctoral degree-granting research universities). We discuss the implications of the blueprints for individuals considering a tenure track position in higher education, and then conclude by discussing the study's limitations and making several recommendations for future research, including differentiated workloads, reward structures, and the responsiveness of post-tenure reviews. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01