公平,社区和问责:利用部门级气候调查作为行动工具
Gabriel M Barrile1, Riley F Bernard1, Rebecca C Wilcox1
1Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America.
PloS one
|August 17, 2023
概括
学术工作场所的气候显著影响成功. 这项研究调查了教师,研究生和工作人员,揭示了经验的差异,并强调了公平,社区和问责制是提高高等教育环境的关键领域.
科学领域:
- 组织心理学 组织心理学
- 高等教育研究 高等教育研究
- 工作场所的公平研究研究
背景情况:
- 组织气候对于学术成功和员工福祉至关重要.
- 高等教育中的权力动态可能导致不公平的工作场所体验.
- 量化各类就业类别的气候感知对于确定必要的改进至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估和比较工作场所的气候经验在教师,研究生和在一个学术部门的工作人员.
- 确定影响部门气候的关键主题,并为改进提供可行的策略.
- 为其他学术部门提供可复制的框架,以评估他们自己的工作场所气候.
主要方法:
- 开发和管理混合方法气候调查 (闭式答案和开放式问题).
- 2021年秋季在怀俄明大学动物学和生理学系进行的调查.
- 对调查数据的分析,包括对各类就业类别的定量比较和从开放式响应中识别定性主题.
主要成果:
- 在所有就业类别中,调查参与率高 (82%).
- 教师通常比工作人员报告的气候体验更为积极.
- 研究生报告了关于心理健康和幸福感的最负面经历,往往落在其他领域的教师和工作人员之间.
结论:
- 公平,社区和问责制成为影响部门气候的关键主题.
- 确定的主题为加强学术工作场所环境的具体行动项目提供了基础.
- 该研究为其他部门提供了一种简化的流程和材料,以进行类似的气候评估,促进向公平的学术工作场所的系统变革.
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