technology describe their culture as and in the department’s ‘strong’ ‘highly respected’ organisation. I think our department and culture is very different and I IOTFG1P1: ‘Well think we set our own culture here and I think we are a very strong culture. I know that as a department we are actually quite highly respected within the college…’ In contrast, despite having a culture one participant describes how their school ‘strong’ of nursing in a university is not perceived to be as culturally strong as other disciplines in the organisation. UIND5: would be perceived to be culturally very strong ourselves, even in ‘…we the wider university, I still feel the culture and probably because still, as I we’re say, quite new, we still have relatively, in the research arena, not bringing we’re in the big money so actually perceived again, I mean second class citizens don’t but that we’re not perceived as strong…’ Collegiality is identified by participants as a very important element in maintaining a positive culture within schools/departments. have to have a culture behind the scenes of what I eluded to UFG2P4: ‘…you before this kind of collegiality and we need to be very, very careful to hold on to to one another, respect one another, encourage one that…talk another…’ to be fair, the lecturers here are very supportive of each other IOTND2: ‘Well, in the main’. However in some instances conflict and stress may arise when some staff members do not engage in any additional work or activities outside their scheduled teaching hours. IOTIND1: will have staff who point blank refuse to be involved in any ‘…you group of any nature and you will have people then and groups who are very happy to get involved in extra, you know, because its additional, it is extra and a source of conflict and a source of, I suppose, stress and would I say it’s it’s unhappiness?’ A common theme for both universities and institutes of technology is the positive light in which participants feel their schools/departments are perceived within their institutions.
technology describe their department’s culture as ‘strong’ and ‘highly respected’ in the organisation. IOTFG1P1: ‘Well I think our department and culture is very different and I think we set our own culture here and I think we are a very strong culture. I know that as a department we are actually quite highly respected within the college…’ In contrast, despite having a ‘strong’ culture one participant describes how their school of nursing in a university is not perceived to be as culturally strong as other disciplines in the organisation. UIND5: ‘…we would be perceived to be culturally very strong ourselves, even in the wider university, I still feel the culture and probably because we’re still, as I say, quite new, we still have relatively, in the research arena, we’re not bringing in the big money so actually perceived again, I don’t mean second class citizens but that we’re not perceived as strong…’ Collegiality is identified by participants as a very important element in maintaining a positive culture within schools/departments. UFG2P4: ‘…you have to have a culture behind the scenes of what I eluded to before this kind of collegiality and we need to be very, very careful to hold on to that…talk to one another, respect one another, encourage one another…’ IOTND2: ‘Well, to be fair, the lecturers here are very supportive of each other in the main’. However in some instances conflict and stress may arise when some staff members do not engage in any additional work or activities outside their scheduled teaching hours. IOTIND1: ‘…you will have staff who point blank refuse to be involved in any group of any nature and you will have people then and groups who are very happy to get involved in extra, you know, because its additional, it is extra and it’s a source of conflict and it’s a source of, I suppose, stress and would I say unhappiness?’ A common theme for both universities and institutes of technology is the positive light in which participants feel their schools/departments are perceived within their institutions.
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