Administrative Career Research Articles

Creating an entrepreneurial community of practice: The Centre for Enterprise case

New universities faced difficulties in establishing a research culture following the ending of the binary divide in 1992. Teaching staff were reluctant to develop their research profiles. We draw on the case of the Centre for Enterprise (CfE) based in Manchester Metropolitan University Business School to illustrate a unique approach to increasing research output. The CfE was established to deliver practical support for entrepreneurs and owner-managers. The recruits to these projects were encouraged to use this practical engagement as a basis for conventional research outputs. Drawing on data related to publications in the period 2000–2010, we illustrate the effectiveness of creating an entrepreneurial community of practice to create a strong research orientation. Success is illustrated in a number of ways, particularly a substantial contribution to the Business School's 2008 Research Assessment Exercise submission. All staff employed in the CfE have established successful academic and administrative careers. In addition, all seven PhD students attached to the Centre during this period have successful careers in academia or private sector educational organisations. Theoretically, we add to the concepts of communities of practice and legitimate peripheral participation by identifying several factors that support the development of a highly productive research culture.

Business of Medicine: Developing Leaders in Academic Medicine and Learning Health Systems.

To develop healthcare professionals as clinical leaders in academic medicine and learning health system; and uncover organizational barriers, as well as pathways and practices to facilitate career growth and professional fulfillment. The Department of Medicine strategic plan efforts prompted the development of a business of medicine program informed by a needs assessment and realignment between academic departments and the healthcare system. The business of medicine leadership program launched in 2017. This descriptive case study presents its 5th year evaluation. Competencies were included from the Physician MBA program and from specific departmental needs and goals. The program hosted a total of 102 clinical faculty. We had a 37% response rate of those retained at Indiana University School of Medicine. Overall, responses conveyed a positive experience in the course. Over 80% of participants felt that they gained skills in professional reflection, professional socialization, goal orientation, critical thinking, and commitment to profession. Financial literacy was overwhelmingly the skill that was reported to be the most valuable. Finance and accounting were mentioned as the most difficult concepts to understand. Familiar concepts included communication, LEAN, and wellness related topics. One hundred percent of participants said they are utilizing the skills gained in this program in their current role and that they would recommend the course to others. Business of medicine courses are more common now with programs describing elements informed by health system operations. However, few programs incorporate aspects of wellness, equity, diversity, inclusion, and health equity. Our program makes the case for multiple ways to develop inclusive leaders through a focused five-month program. It also recognizes that to really impact the learning health system, health professionals need leadership development and leaders suited to work alongside career administrators, all aiming towards a common goal of equitable patient-centered care.

Principles that guide entry, promotion and permanence in administrative career jobs

Principles that guide entry, promotion and permanence in administrative career jobs

Tarantino in the Ottoman Empire: Glorious Viziers, Pulp Fiction, and Scrambled Narratives

I wanted to break up the narration, not to be a wise guy, a show guy, but to make the film dramatically better that way. . . . A novelist would think nothing about starting in the middle. And if characters in a novel go back and tell past things, it's not a flashback, it's just telling a story. I think movies should benefit from the novel's freedoms.— Quentin Tarantino1I wrote a prosopography twenty years ago. I published a biography two years ago. In the first case, I offered the collective biography of 282 servants of the late Ottoman period (1839–1909).2 In the second case, I presented the monograph of a grand vizier from the second half of the 18th century, Halil Hamid Pasha (1736–85).3 In the former, I delivered an academic work (stemming from a PhD dissertation) focused on the study of the careers of central and territorial administrators. In the latter, I recounted the rise and fall of the head of the Sublime Porte. A priori, these two books had nothing in common, except that they dealt with pashas. If I mention them together here, it is not to describe the personal evolution of my research. It is to shed some light on an observation that is regularly made, that is, of the inadequacies of the biographical genre in Ottoman history.4 It is to reflect on how to remedy this situation.

Sustainable carpet: attitudinal strategy with emphasis on sustainable development

The generation of attitudinal strategies in students is fundamental for their integral development and the construction of a balanced quality of life. These strategies allow activating skills that go beyond technical and academic knowledge, as they promote social, environmental and economic awareness. The objective of the research is to identify the perception of the students of the administration career of the attitudinal strategy "Sustainable Carpet" with an active participation. The methodology is based on a qualitative paradigm; interviews were conducted with thirty-two people using a non-probability sample. The main contribution is the creation of an attitudinal strategy with fifteen simple and easy steps with a high feasibility for the case studies belonging to the administration career. Therefore, to generate a degree of awareness it is useful to start from the breach of a human right and this will help to take a personal position in this regard, if it is accompanied by collaborative and cooperative activities, as well as active learning, we are in the presence of learning meaningful and experiential.

Entrepreneurial Habits and Professional Preferences in Students of Business Administration

This article presents the description and comparison of entrepreneurial habits and professional preferences in 213 students in the last year of the Business Administration career at three universities in the city of Arequipa. Entrepreneurial Habits Questionnaire and Profile of Professional Preferences were applied and it was found that 30.5% have professional preferences for the administration career and only 14% have a current business. With respect to professional preferences, it was found that UCSM students have a greater vocation for their career (40.5%), compared to students from UNSA (29%) and UCSP (20%). Likewise, students who have started a profitable business have more entrepreneurial habits and there are positive and low relationships between entrepreneurial habits, age, and Realism.

Soft skills empowering for a successful career in tourism administration

Employers currently emphasise primarily the importance of the personal and social characteristics of employees, and focus less on their professional and business skills. Contrarily, employees often consider deep professional knowledge and skills to be their key strengths, and pay little attention to personal growth and the development of personal characteristics. The aim of the research is to compare the soft skills most frequently required by potential employers in job advertisements for the position of administrator to the employee soft skills predominantly identified by the students on the Tourism Administration course. A study designed to identify employer expectations was conducted in 2019 and 2021. In order to determine the opinions of students in 2021, a written questionnaire survey of higher education students on the Tourism Administration course was conducted. The analysis of the opinions of students, and an examination of employer expectations, demonstrate that employer expectations regarding the skills of potential employees, especially personal or soft skills, and student opinions, do not always match. The impact of the pandemic created a paradoxical situation in the labour market: before the pandemic, progressively more attention was being paid to employees’ soft skills; in the post-pandemic world and working in a hybrid way in the labour market, not all personal skills remain important.

Urzędnicza kariera Bonifacego Witkowskiego (1800–1840) – przyczynek do dziejów biurokracji budowlanej w Królestwie Polskim

The Administrative Career of Bonifacy Witkowski (1800–1840) – A Contribution to the History of Building Bureaucracy in the Kingdom of Poland Biographies of architects have a well-established tradition in the Polish historiography of architecture. This also applies to the historiography of Polish architecture at the turn of the 19th c., which predominantly revolves around biographical studies. However, architectural biographies of this period often concentrate on the architects active in big cities, while their colleagues working in provincial areas receive comparatively less research attention. The lack of in-depth exploration of this subject has a detrimental impact on our comprehensive understanding of the Polish architectural culture of that period, particularly its social aspects. Another notable trait of Polish architectural biographies concerning the turn of the 19th c. is the focus on the architects’ creative output (e.g. projects, buildings). Researchers have hitherto paid relatively less attention to tracing the trajectory of individual careers and specific conditions that shaped their development. The inclusion of these aspects in academic discourse offers valuable insights into the social and political backdrop that influenced architectural activity. This holds particular significance in relation to the era of the constitutional Kingdom of Poland (1815–1830), which witnessed a rapid development of modern bureaucracy in the field of building and architecture. This article delves into the well-documented case of Bonifacy Witkowski. Notably, he was among the first graduates of architecture from the University of Warsaw, and within a few years of his graduation, he attained the position of a chief provincial builder in the Province of Mazovia.

Perception of the students of the Human Capital Administration career on the return to face-to-face classes

The objective of this article was to analyze the perception of the students of the Human Capital Administration career on the return to face-to-face classes to determine the impact of COVID-19 to implement information strategies in future scenarios. A descriptive and explanatory design was used, as well as a type of crosssectional study. 240 students collaborated, of which only 212 were required according to the sample size. The following variables were considered: Perception of risk, lifestyle, interpersonal relationships, use of ICTs, emotional support, and economy, which comprises 36 items distributed in seven blocks. The results obtained managed to identify the perception of the students in relation to the training strategies in times of pandemic, the strengths and weaknesses were distinguished, for the achievement of the competencies of the career, as well as the emotional, psychological, social, technological impact., economical, and familiar that the students experienced. Finally, this was a search among the same students of the career, where their experiences marked by the health event were known. This project provided listening and awareness with the student community.

Perception of the students of the Human Capital Administration career on the return to face-to-face classes

El objetivo de este artículo fue analizar la percepción del alumnado de la carrera de Administración, Área Capital Humano sobre el regreso a clases presenciales para determinar el impacto de afectación por COVID-19 con la finalidad de implementar estrategias informativas en escenarios futuros. Se utilizó un diseño descriptivo y explicativo, así como un tipo de estudio transversal. Colaboraron 220 estudiantes, de los 550 que forman parte de la carrera, siendo una muestra del 40%. Se consideraron las variables de: Percepción de riesgo, estilo de vida, relaciones interpersonales, uso de tic´s, apoyo emocional, y economía; para la medición de estas se usó la encuesta, que comprende 36 ítems distribuidos en siete bloques. Los resultados obtenidos lograron que se identificara la percepción del alumnado en relación con las estrategias formativas en época de pandemia, se distinguieron las fortalezas y debilidades, para el logro de las competencias de la carrera, así como el impacto emocional, psicológico, social, tecnológico, económico, y familiar que los estudiantes experimentaron. Finalmente, esto fue una búsqueda entre los mismos alumnos de la carrera, en donde se conocieron sus vivencias marcadas por el suceso sanitario. Este proyecto brindó una escucha y sensibilización con la comunidad estudiantil.

Introduction to the Special Edition on Administration and Administrators in Canadian Colleges and Universities: The Specificity of Higher Education Administration and Future Directions for Research

This article introduces the Special Edition devoted to Canadian higher education administration and administrators. It situates its contributing articles within the context of the dominant themes noticed in the extant research literature: neo-liberal and managerial shifts, gender and race career asymmetries, macro- and micro-politics, and professional identities; and highlights their salient contributions. It identifies some of the confusion around the specificity of higher education administration and presents a definition that clarifies how administration differs from management, leadership, and governance, as well as circumscribes the role of academic and career administrators in relation to those of administrative staff members. The article closes with recommendations for future research.

A Sociologist and the Problems of Alcohol Studies: The Life and Legacy of Selden D. Bacon.

This article introduces a new comprehensive bibliography of pioneering sociologist of alcohol Selden Bacon and highlights the relevance of his research and administrative career to substance use studies today. This article relies on the works of Selden Bacon assembled for the bibliography project, supplemented by published and unpublished documents and records from the collection of the former Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies (CAS) Library and private archives provided by the Bacon family. Trained as a sociologist, Selden Bacon gravitated toward the burgeoning field of alcohol studies early in his career, joining the Section on (later Center of) Alcohol Studies at Yale and publishing his seminal article "Sociology and the Problems of Alcohol" in 1943. His research stressed the need to better define terms like alcoholism and dependence, and to maintain scholarly independence from all sides of the alcohol debate. As CAS director, however, Bacon felt pressure to forge ties with both anti-alcoholism and beverage industry groups to keep the Center solvent and relevant in the face of a hostile Yale administration, culminating in a successful 1962 relocation to Rutgers University. The career of Selden Bacon is an important window into the history of substance use studies in the mid-20th century, and research on that era appears particularly urgent now: both to preserve historical records before they disperse or disappear and to highlight the post-Prohibition era's relevance for the present moment in both alcohol and cannabis research. The present bibliography is intended to help foster further reappraisal of this important figure and his era.

Aportes de las neurociencias, neuromarketing y procesos de aprendizaje en innovación

The objective of this research is to contribute through the use of projects and marketing to develop innovative proposals that allow businesses to be at the forefront of the commercial system and satisfy the needs of customers. The methodology used in this research is descriptive with a bibliographic, qualitative and quantitative approach. In this study, 25 students of the Marketing subject of the Higher Technology in Administration career of the Bolivarian University Institute of Technology participated, we worked with 6 teams and selected to 6 businesses, instruments such as the interview were used, and the survey that was applied to 1297 consumers, and potential clients, satisfactory results were obtained for the businesses, managing to develop 6 projects that applied can generate quick and agile solutions to businesses, Results were satisfactory at an educational level, it was achieved that students can apply theoretical and practical knowledge to contribute to the commercial development of the selected businesses, the methodology used is significant to contribute to the innovation of products and / or services.

Projects and marketing to generate innovative learning and business processes

The objective of this research is to develop innovative proposals through projects in the subject of marketing allowing to have two approaches, the first is linked to the practical learning of students and the second in generating innovative processes in the commercial system of business. The methodology used in this research is descriptive with a bibliographic, qualitative and quantitative approach, in this study 25 students of the Marketing subject of the Higher Technology in Administration career of the Instituto Superior Universitario Bolivariano de Tecnología participated, 6 teams worked and 6 businesses were selected, instruments such as the interview and the survey were used, which was applied to 1297 consumers and potential clients, satisfactory results were obtained for the businesses, In the results obtained at the educational level, students were able to apply theoretical and practical knowledge to contribute to the commercial development of the selected businesses. The methodology used is significant to contribute to the innovation and learning of students, allowing them to develop business strategies for the creation of products and/or services.

Fragments of an Indian Ocean Life: Aristide Corroller between Islands and Empires

Abstract Born on Ile de France in late 1799 to a French father and a free mixed-race mother from Fort-Dauphin in southeast Madagascar, Aristide Corroller gained an education at Port-Louis but departed to pursue a political career in Madagascar after 1815. Corroller first assisted his maternal uncles to capture the sovereignty of Madagascar's central eastern coast (Ivondro-Tamatave-Foulpointe) but then entered the service of King Radama of Imerina. He rose through the ranks of Radama's service to become commander-in-chief of Antananarivo's armed forces and the second most powerful man of that independent kingdom. His fortunes soured with the death of Radama in July 1828, however. He was placed under house arrest for a time and then returned to govern Tamatave but died there with frustrated ambitions in late 1835, leaving a written account of his achievements on which this article is substantially based. This article employs Corroller's writings found in a library in New Zealand not only to trace his career but to discuss the strategies of his island-hopping family—particularly his maternal ancestors from Madagascar who moved to Ile de France and his maternal uncles who returned to Madagascar—and the careers of European administrators of empire who collected and pored over his work. Corroller's career, mixed-race family, and labors illuminate the contours of life in the western Indian Ocean islands of his time, bringing their migrations, commerce, colonial constraints and opportunities, as well as human interconnections and racial structures, into conversation.

In Memoriam – Thomas S. Gladsky

Tom Gladsky was born August 26, 1939, in the coal-mining community of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. He passed away March 30, 2022, in Monroe Township, New Jersey, where he and his wife Rita had retired after long academic careers. A scholar in her own right, Rita passed away just five weeks before Tom, on February 21, 2022.Gladsky earned degrees in history and English education from Bloomsburg State Teachers College—now Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania—before going on to receive an MA in English from the University of Arizona and a PhD in American Literature from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro.He joined the English Department at the University of Central Missouri, where he later served as Interim Dean of Graduate Studies, and continued his administrative career as Dean of the Graduate School and International Programs at Eastern Illinois University. While there he formed the Polish/Eastern European Cultural Interest Group for students. He later served as Academic Dean at St. Mary's College, Orchard Lake, Michigan, helping to develop the Polish and East Central European Studies Program before the college closed in 2003.Gladsky's interest in his Polish roots, combined with his literary studies, also led him to spend considerable time in Poland. He was a Fulbright Professor at Marie-Curie Sklodowska and Jagiellonian Universities, as well as a guest lecturer at the University of Rzeszow's Institute of English Studies.Princes, Peasants, & Other Polish Selves: Ethnicity in American Literature, Gladsky's 1992 study, helped ensure a place at the table for Polish American writing in the field of ethnic American literature and Polish American studies. His next book, Something of My Very Own to Say: American Women Writers of Polish Descent, which he edited with Rita Holmes Gladsky, helped open the door to what is now a well-established focus on Polish American women and on gender issues. Something of My Very Own to Say won PAHA's 1999 Halecki prize. Gladsky's stint as Project Director of PAHA's Polish American Memoirs Project underscores his interest in the making a space for the under-represented voices within Polonian history. In addition to his work on Polish American literature, Gladsky published on Polish literary figures like Jerzy Kosinski.Tom Gladsky served as PAHA president from 1998–2000, and in 2002 received the Haiman award for “sustained contribution to the study of Polish Americans.” He helped shape the universe of Polish American Studies as we now know it, and left a lasting legacy to this organization and to the scholars who took inspiration from his work.

Job satisfaction among brazilian federal public servants:

This research aimed to analyze and classify aspects of job satisfaction from the perspective of public servants in Brazil. A questionnaire based on the Job Satisfaction Scale (JSS) was used to collect data from a statistically significant sample composed of 139 employees of a Brazilian public higher education institution. Data were analyzed using a combination of descriptive, correlational, and multivariate statistical techniques, hypothesis testing, and cluster analysis. The psychometric quality of the scale (one-dimensionality, convergent, and discriminant validity) was examined using exploratory factor analysis (EFA), complemented by reliability measures (Cronbach's alpha coefficient and Composite Reliability). The results of this study converged with other studies that assess the Job Satisfaction Scale (JSS) as valid, stable, and of good psychometric quality. Among the dimensions of the JSS, co-workers, managers, and the nature of work stood out as strengths in labor relations, and promotions and remuneration, as weaknesses. These results reflect the differences and imbalances in the various careers in public administration, especially about recognition for the work performed.

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Occupational Health and Safety among Health Care Workers at Al-Shifa Medical-Complex in Gaza-Strip, Palestine

Background: In the healthcare setting, occupational hazards are posed a crucial risk for healthcare workers (HCWs). Few studies highlighted the knowledge, attitude, and practices of occupational health and safety (OHS) among HCWs in the Palestinian context. Therefore, this study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices among HCWs in Gaza Strip. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 330 HCWs. The self-administered questionnaire was used in this study, including 32 items Likert scale for knowledge, attitude, and practices toward OHS. Data analyses were applied by using SPSS version-24. Frequencies, chi-square, and independent t-test were used to test the categorical and continuous variables. Results: In this study, 330 HCWs were recruited from different departments. The main results showed 54.9% of the nurses were having the highest level of OHS knowledge, while 66.7% of administrative careers were having the lowest percentage. Regarding OHS’ attitude, the results indicated that 47.7% of the nurses were having a positive, while 83.3% of the engineers and technicians were having a negative attitude. Moreover, the data analysis showed that 50.4% of the nurses were having good practice towered OHS, while 62.5% of the radiologist technicians were having poor practice. Furthermore, this study showed that the majority (80.3%) of the HCWs were not receive training courses in OHS. Conclusion: Even though the knowledge, attitude, and practice were sufficient among nurses compared with other HCWs, it was still a gap between them. Therefore, a focus training program in OHS is needed to engage the policy and procedures of OHS in hospital services.

Empirical study of the factors of career motivation underlying the interest in a career of public administration

Aim: The aim of the study is to reveal the reasons behind the declining interest in the public administration career. The data of the Graduate Career Tracking System shows that a considerable part of the students graduating in relevant fields do not start a career in public administration, or leave the career in a short time. In this study I examine how the career motivation of the concerned young adults affect their intention to find a job in the public administration.Methodology: I conducted the questionary interviews in 2021 during the project of KÖFOP-2.1.5– VEKOP-16-2016-0000 "Strategical support for the personal supplies of the competitive public services". By completing the questionnaire, the participants had to rate it on a four-point Likert scale the carrier motivation factors, their interest in the public service career, the impact of university education and professional practice on interest in public service carrier. 114 students of the Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies of the University of Public Services participated in the study. 65 percent of the participants were female, 35 percent were male. 71 percent of the sample were full-time student, 29 percent were studying in correspondence courses.Findings: In accordance with my hypothesis the outcomes of the study confirmed that the participating students have an external rather than an internal career motivation, which has a negative impact on their interest in the career. The interest of the participants in the public services as a career showed a decreasing trend through their years spent in the university. This effect was most easily captured in the answers of the youngest, full time students. During the research I could identify three ways of motivation: strong, identified and extrinsic. In line with the expectations, the interest for the career of those having extrinsic motivation was the smallest and of those having strong motivation was the greatest.Value: The results of the research contribute to the understanding of the factors that determine the career choice of young employees. However further research is needed to discover why the external motivation of the participants is getting stronger during the years of university studies and how this tendency can be turned.

Navigating the Path to Careers in Academic Pharmacy Administration

The purpose of this commentary is to discuss the qualifications, responsibilities, and keys to success for pharmacy faculty considering a department (or division) chair (head) or dean (including assistant or associate dean) position. The perspectives are those of a department chair, vice dean, and past dean of colleges of pharmacy with extensive experience in pharmacy administration. The qualifications for these administrative positions vary by institution, particularly with respect to the institution’s focus on research. Because the dean is the chief executive officer of a college of pharmacy, previous administrative experience is almost always a basic requirement for the position. For associate/assistant deans and department chairs, previous experience as a faculty member is a typical minimum requirement and may include experience as a department vice chair or director of a unit within the department or division. The dean has a fiduciary duty to university administration, as well as to other external and internal stakeholders, to educate and graduate competent pharmacists and to operate within budget. Associate/assistant deans often have responsibility for specific functions of the college, such as student or professional affairs, and it is common for deans to delegate authority, responsibility, and accountability to associate/assistant deans. Department chairs have a unique perspective with respect to college activities because they must not only think about the “big picture” when considering issues with other college administrators but must oversee the implementation and monitoring of strategic initiatives through the faculty and staff who report to them.