Full Description
Grounded in the belief that effective leadership inspires and motivates those responsible for an organization's success, this book helps higher education administrators and academic leaders systematically enhance faculty productivity and well-being.
Ford introduces a comprehensive framework focused on motivation and optimal functioning, offering strategies to recruit and retain talented faculty, design supportive workload and evaluation systems, increase compensation and external funding, and prevent burnout. Through firsthand accounts and insights, faculty participants share how and why they were motivationally impacted by each innovation. Essential for current and aspiring leaders, this book provides practical guidance on creating work environments where faculty feel energized, supported, and ready to thrive.
Contents
1. Theory-Guided Academic Administration: It Doesn't Have to Be an Oxymoron 2. Guiding Efforts to Motivate Faculty Using Motivational Systems Theory and the Thriving with Social Purpose Theory of Motivation and Optimal Functioning 3. DE-motivating Faculty: First, Do No Harm 4. Clarify, Justify, Amplify: The Three Pillars of Motivating Faculty, Collectively and Individually 5. Building an Optimal Faculty Workload System 6. Building an Optimal Resource, Recruitment, and Retention System 7. Building an Optimal Faculty Annual Evaluation System 8. Building an Optimal Tenure, Promotion, and Contract Renewal System 9. Building an Optimal Grant Incentive System 10. Building an Optimally Motivating Compensation System 11. Faculty Burnout: A Preventable Motivational Syndrome 12. Some Parting Wisdom about Motivating Faculty in an Era of Scarce Resources
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