Examining Motivation Theory in Higher Education among Tenured and Non-Tenured Faculty: Scholarly Activity and Academic Rank

Autor/inn/en	Agah, Niloofar Nickol; Kaniuka, Theodore; Chitiga, Miriam
Titel	Examining Motivation Theory in Higher Education among Tenured and Non-Tenured Faculty: Scholarly Activity and Academic Rank
Quelle	In: International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, 12 (2020) 2, S.77-100 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2141-6656
Schlagwörter	College Faculty; Tenure; Nontenured Faculty; Academic Rank (Professional); Job Security; Productivity; Higher Education; Correlation; Teacher Motivation; Needs; Expectation; Incentives; National Survey of Postsecondary Faculty + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fakultät; Amtszeit; Beschäftigungsdauer; Arbeitsplatzsicherheit; Produktivität; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Korrelation; Grundbedürfnis; Expectancy; Erwartung; Anreiz
Abstract	The pursuit of tenure in higher education is arguably the dominant focus of tenure track faculty throughout the United States' higher education environment, if not a world-wide phenomenon. By applying Vroom's Expectancy theory of motivation, this study intends to investigate the relationship between research productivity and motivation to conduct such activities at higher education institutes by examining the academic productions of tenured and not tenured faculty members. This study sought to confirm the need to further investigate the impact that long-term job security, in the form of tenure, has on faculty academic productivity in higher education. The present study used the data from the 2004 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF) survey which suggested that there was a significant difference in the number of academic activities among faculty of different ranks and tenure status, especially among full and associate professors, and associate professors and assistant professors, regardless of their tenure status. However, the difference was not significant among the non-tenured full and assistant rank faculty. This may suggest that overall, among the sample population of this study, tenured faculty members were more actively involved in presenting scholarly products. [The data in this report are from the survey of institutions as part of the 2014 National Survey of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF) conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics.] (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Academic Journals. e-mail: IJEAPS@academicjournals.org; Web site: http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/IJEAPS
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01