STRATEGIES TO ATTAIN FACULTY WORK-LIFE BALANCE - JOAN OWENS, PHD, RN, C-MNN JANE TIEDT, PHD, RN CAROL KOTTWITZ DNP. PMHNP, ARNP JEFF RAMIREZ, PHD ...
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Strategies to Attain Faculty Work-life Balance Joan Owens, PhD, RN, C-MNN Gonzaga University Jane Tiedt, PhD, RN Department of Nursing Carol Kottwitz DNP. PMHNP, ARNP Spokane, Washington Jeff Ramirez, PhD, PMHNP, ARNP
Trends in Higher Education
The academic environment is changing from the world of academia a decade ago.
FACULTY DEMOGRAPHICS STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
• More non-tenure track faculty • Decline in high school grads
• Hierarchical inequality • More diverse
• Less job security • First generation
• Heavier teaching loads • Low income
• Lack of mentors/role models • minority
• More non-traditional students
TECHNOLOGY EXPLOSION GROWTH IN ONLINE EDUC
• Transforming teaching-learning • Growth in # of online students
• Must learn new teaching pedagogies • Growth in # of online courses
• Information Overload
GONZAGA UNIVERSITY, Spokane, WA 23 February 2019 2
What is the impact?
FACULTY PERSPECTIVE
Faculty Hierarchical inequality -> Teaching Online is often an expectation
• (-) campus climate • Don’t receive adequate training or
• NTT Faculty are less satisfied technological support
Lack of mentors hinders faculty success • Perception – teaching on-line is more
• Unclear role expectations time and labor intensive
Disincentivizes job satisfacition
• Students are demanding tech-savvy
Flattening/ Declining enrollments ->
instruction.
• Increased class sizes
• Want more integration of tech in the
• Increased teaching load
classroom and online.
• Decreased support for faculty
• Inadequate training/inadequate
development.
resources
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GONZAGA UNIVERSITY, Spokane, WA 23 February 2019
Faculty Life Balance
Responsibilities include
teaching, advising, research
and service
Role balance (Marks & MacDermid, 1996)
Happiness from a balanced lifestyle that provides In U.S. – on average faculty
work > 50 hours/week
satisfaction with life as a whole (Veenhoven, 2009) (Jacobs & Winslow, 2003)
Balanced need satisfaction (Sheldon, 2009)
Satisfactory engagement in activity In U.S. – faculty spend an
experiences (Persson & Jonsson, 2009) average of 17.6 hours/week
Satisfying patterns of daily life (Matuska & Christiansen, 2008) on research activities
(Bentley & Kyvik, 2013)
Bi-directional conflict
Work Family
(Fox, Fonseca & Bao, 2010)
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GONZAGA UNIVERSITY, Spokane, WA 23 February 2019Barriers to Work-life Balance
Cognitive & Emotional Dissonance
Cognitive Dissonance Emotional Dissonance
Cognitive and emotional dissonances
have been used to explain the discord
leading to job dissatisfaction.
May contribute to the belief that life
balance is not possible.
May lead to burnout.
GONZAGA UNIVERSITY, Spokane, WA 23 February 2019 6Strategies for Promoting Work-Life Balance
Self-Care Strategies for Physical Well-being
Physical Sleep Dietary
Activity Hygiene Habits
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23 February 2019 7Strategies for Promoting Work-Life Balance
Self-Care Strategies for Mental Well-being
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23 February 2019 8Workplace strategies
Regularly assesses and addresses
faculty satisfaction.
Modeling civility and promotes
collegiality.
Professional development and
community-building activities.
Support and facilitate faculty
mentoring.
GONZAGA UNIVERSITY, Spokane, WA 23 February 2019 9THANK YOU
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