TY - JOUR

T1 - Organizational socialization and induction in universities: Reconceptualizing theory and practice

AU - Trowler, P. R.

AU - Knight, P. T.

PY - 1999/3

Y1 - 1999/3

N2 - This paper argues that the theory and practice of induction and socialization of new academic staff in universities have been based on a partial, corporatist, perspective influenced by now defunct structural-functionalist theory. We develop a more sophisticated theoretical understanding of organizational socialization and explore its consequences for the practice of induction of new academic staff. These ideas are based on secondary data derived from a number of studies of new academic appointees (NAAs), 27 in-depth interviews we conducted with academics in ten Canadian and English universities, both chartered and unchartered, and a five year ethnographic study of academic staff in a single unchartered English university.

AB - This paper argues that the theory and practice of induction and socialization of new academic staff in universities have been based on a partial, corporatist, perspective influenced by now defunct structural-functionalist theory. We develop a more sophisticated theoretical understanding of organizational socialization and explore its consequences for the practice of induction of new academic staff. These ideas are based on secondary data derived from a number of studies of new academic appointees (NAAs), 27 in-depth interviews we conducted with academics in ten Canadian and English universities, both chartered and unchartered, and a five year ethnographic study of academic staff in a single unchartered English university.

U2 - 10.1023/A:1003594512521

DO - 10.1023/A:1003594512521

M3 - Journal article

VL - 37

SP - 177

EP - 195

JO - Higher Education

JF - Higher Education

SN - 0018-1560

IS - 2

ER -