Dear OMT ListServ Members:
First of all, apologies in advance for cross-listing...
I'm interested in the question of multiple identities, especially among professionals who work in institutionalized environments, and am doing my Doctoral research in this area. I'm hoping you'll be willing to respond to my survey at
http://survey.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6DvmX2w4SaJpeS0&SVID=Prod
It should take less than 15 minutes of your time, and I hope you may find it interesting...
More information about the research is explained below:
Administrators say trying to get faculty participation in organizational change efforts is like "herding cats." How can colleges or universities get faculty to support institutional goals?
Please help me answer this question by participating in a study entitled, "The Identity Salience and Self-Determination of Professionals: Implications for the Organizational Citizenship Behavior of Faculty in Institutions of Higher Education". I'm surveying university or college faculty members, including adjuncts or administrators with teaching experience, who have at least 2 years of institutional service at their respective organizations. I am a doctoral candidate in the Department of Management of the Lubin School of Business at Pace University, New York, NY. The recruitment of participants for this project has been approved by the Pace University Institutional Review Board (IRB). If you have questions regarding your rights as a participant you may contact Dr. Anastasia Yasik, Co-Chair Pace IRB at 212-346-1801 or ayasik@pace.edu.
To explain the context for this study, faculty in institutions of higher education have been characterized as holding more loyalty to their profession and its norms than to their employing college or university, therefore making it difficult for administrators to engage them in behaviors supportive of institutional efforts. This study proposes to study how identity salience, a faculty member's identification with a profession, an organization, a department or work group, may be affected by the degree to which each identification target satisfies the faculty member's need for autonomy, competence and relatedness. The salience of each identification target can then be related to the faculty member's organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). I explicitly consider how these multiple identifications may affect the faculty member's willingness to engage in organizationally supportive behaviors. The results of this research may have implications for how to guide change efforts in institutions of higher education.
Your participation in this study is voluntary. You may choose not to respond to all or any part of the study, and you can withdraw at any time. The survey should take approximately 15 minutes to complete and includes demographic and other questions, and instruments measuring organizational, department, professional identification, organizational identity strength, organizational citizenship behavior, and work need satisfaction. I hope you will participate.
The survey is online at Qualtrics, http://survey.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6DvmX2w4SaJpeS0&SVID=Prod
The collected data will be reported in aggregate form and will not identify you or your institution. Strict anonymity will be maintained. The Institutional Review Board consent document is produced on the first page of the online survey. You should fully read and understand this document before proceeding. You will be able to print out a copy of this document to keep for your records.
I understand how valuable your time is and greatly appreciate your cooperation with this research. If you have any questions, you may contact me at passenza.pace@snet.net or at 203-263-5674, or receive further information from my dissertation chair Alan Eisner, Ph.D. at 914-422-4194 or at aeisner@pace.edu. Please try to complete the survey within the next two weeks. Thank you for your time and assistance with this study.
If you know anyone else who might be interested, please forward this message on. Thanks!
If you're interested in my results, which should be available by the end of the summer, send me a separate email - passenza.pace@snet.net - with the subject line "Dissertation Results" and I'll reply. (Bear in mind the results will be aggregated.)
Sincerely,
Pauline Assenza, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Management, Lubin School of Business, Pace University
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