Relationships Among Faculty Perceptions of Their Tenure Process and Their Commitment and Engagement
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2017
Abstract
Purpose: Notwithstanding the rise of contingent faculty, tenured and tenured track faculty continue to play vital roles in US higher education and the tenure decision is central to the lives of many academics. While the literature is replete with anecdotes about faculty complaining about the process to which they were subject, there has been surprisingly little empirical research on faculty perceptions of the clarity and fairness of the tenure process and the relationship of these perceptions to work outcomes. The purpose of this paper is to examine the motivational impact of these processes on faculty who are pre-tenure as well as those who had successfully navigated the tenure process.
DOI
10.1108/JARHE-08-2016-0054
Recommended Citation
Prottas, D.J., Shea-Van Fossen, R.J., Cleaver, C.M. & Andreassi, J.K. (2017). Relationships among faculty perceptions of their tenure process and their commitment and engagement. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 9(2): 242-254. doi:10.1108/JARHE-08-2016-0054
