Academic Alienation in the Absence of Educational Leadership: Exploring the Expectations and Criticisms of Humanities Professors at Kurdistan University

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Phd Student in Educational Management, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran.

2 Associate Professor, Philosophy of Education, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran.

3 professor, Educational Management, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran.

10.48301/kssa.2021.273875.1399

Abstract

The research explores the expectations and criticisms of some humanities professors of the University of Kurdistan of the general correlations governing the university in order to gain an understanding of the nature of professor and student relationships and to help understand the general sphere of the university and the need for intervention or changes by decision makers. For this purpose, a qualitative approach and critical ethnographic method were used. The research field included all the faculty members of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the university and 7 people were selected through the purposeful sampling method and the data collection process continued until reaching theoretical saturation. The data collection tool was a semi-structured interview, and Strauss three-step coding was used to analyze the data. The findings showed that social isolation exists at all levels of communication between professors with each other, students and the university community with the surrounding environment. The subjects had problems in four meaningful aspects and this problem affected psychological actions and various dimensions of personality. Participants had major problem with the lack of norms and rules and believed that the university had not succeeded in requiring and adhering to the norms. There was a feeling of powerlessness among the subjects. The feeling of self-loathing manifested itself in the form of self-dissatisfaction and aimlessness.

Highlights

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Barbosa, Í., & Cabral‐Cardoso, C. (2007). Managing diversity in academic organizations: a challenge to organizational culture. Women in Management Review, 22(4), 274-288. https://doi.org/10.1108/09649420710754237

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DeConinck, J. B. (2010). The effect of organizational justice, perceived organizational support, and perceived supervisor support on marketing employees' level of trust. Journal of Business Research, 63(12), 1349-1355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2010.01.003

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Fortin, M., & Fellenz, M. R. (2008). Hypocrisies of Fairness: Towards a More Reflexive Ethical Base in Organizational Justice Research and Practice. Journal of Business Ethics, 78(3), 415-433. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-006-9330-z

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HajizadehMaimandi, M. (2018). Investigating the relationship between alienation and scientific dignity among the members of Yazd University. Iranian Higher Education Association Quarterly, 2(3), 135-168. https://www.sid.ir/fa/journal/ViewPaper.aspx?id=118630

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Heponiemi, T., Elovainio, M., Laine, J., Pekkarinen, L., Eccles, M., Noro, A., . . . Sinervo, T. (2007). Productivity and employees' organizational justice perceptions in long-term care for the elderly. Research in Nursing & Health, 30(5), 498-507. https://doi. org/10.1002/nur.20205

Jafari, S., & Abd Sharifi, F. (2013). Presenting a structural model of the relationship between faculty members' perceived teaching competencies and students' academic achievements. Teaching and learning studies, 6(1), 47-66. http://ensani.ir/fa/article/337657/

Jang, S. J., & Johnson, B. R. (2001). Neighborhood disorder, individual religiosity, and adolescent use of illicit drugs: A test of multilevel hypotheses. Criminology, 39(1), 109-144. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-9125.2001.tb00918.x

Krueger, R. A. (1994). Focus Groups: A Practical Guide for Applied Research (2 ed.). SAGE. https://books.google.com/books/about/Focus_Groups.html?id=yrQOAQAAMAAJ

Mohseni Tabrizi, A. (1991). Alienation (conceptualization and grouping of theories in the fields of sociology and psychology). Social Sciences Letter, 2(2), 30-45. http://ensani.ir/file/ download/article/20110203093232-%C2%A0%20(17).pdf

Mohseni Tabrizi, A. R. (2003). Pathological aspects of social/cultural alination: a study of value isolation among university students. Journal of Research and Planning in Higher Education, 8(4), 119-182. https://www.sid.ir/fa/Journal/ViewPaper.aspx?id=14651

Mostafavi rad, F., Behrangi, M. R., Asgarian, M., & Farzad, V. (2010). The study of relationship between organizational culture, quality of work life, organizational commitment and work alienation in educational administrators of secondary schools in Shiraz. Journal of Educational Scinces, 17(1), 45-78. https://education.scu.ac.ir/ article_10270_a742cc4d7feadde8ac26d9be6f827b53.pdf

Quantz, R. A. (1992). On critical ethnography (with some postmodern considerations). In The handbook of qualitative research in education. Emerald.

Seeman, M. (1959). On the meaning of alienation. American sociological review, 24(6), 783-791. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2088565

Seeman, M. (1966). Status and Identity: The Problem of Inauthenticity. Pacific Sociological Review, 9(2), 67-73. https://doi.org/10.2307/1388239

Sotoudeh, H. (2001). Social pathology (sociology of deviations) (8 ed.). Avaye Noor. https:// www.gisoom.com/book/1217663/

Sotoudeh, H. (2010). Social pathology (sociology of deviations) (21 ed.). Avaye Noor. https:// www.gisoom.com/book/1661219

Thomas, D. R. (2006). A General Inductive Approach for Analyzing Qualitative Evaluation Data. American Journal of Evaluation, 27(2), 237-246. https://doi.org/10.1177/10 98214005283748

Trusty, J., & Dooley-Dickey, K. (1993). Alienation from school: An exploratory analysis of elementary and middle school students' perceptions. Journal of Research & Development in Education, 26(4), 232-242. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1994-11569-001

Yemeni Dozi Sarkhabi, M. (2009). New approaches and perspectives in higher education. Research Institute of Cultural and Social Studies. https://www.gisoom.com/book/1616903/

Zaki, M. A. (2009). Social alienation of youth (case study: female and male students of Isfahan University). Youth research, culture and society, -(3), 25-51. https://www.sid.ir/fa/journal/ViewPaper.aspx?ID=103234

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Alagheband, A. (2005). Theoretical foundations and principles of educational management (17 ed.). Rovan, Virayesh, Arsbaran. https://www.gisoom.com/book/1334202/
Alexander, A., Karvonen, M., Ulrich, J., Davis, T., & Wade, A. (2012). Community College Faculty Competencies. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 36(11), 849-862. https://doi.org/10.1080/10668926.2010.515511
Ansari, M., Shaemi Barzoki, A., & Safari, A. (2011). Representation a model of organizational culture management with contextual approach (Case study: an industrial company). Journal of Applied Sociology, 22(2), 121-142. https://jas.ui.ac.ir/article_18227.html? lang=en
Arastehkho, M. (1991). Criticism and attitude on the culture of scientific-social terms (2 ed.). Gastareh. https://www.gisoom.com/book/150517/
Aron, R. (2003). The basic stages of the course of thought in sociology (revised text) (3 ed.). Scientific and Cultural Publishing Company. https://www.gisoom.com/book/11072561/
Averill, J. B. (2006) .Getting Started: Initiating Critical Ethnography and Community-Based Action Research in a Program of Rural Health Studies. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 5(2), 17-27. https://doi.org/10.1177/160940690600500206
Barbosa, Í., & Cabral‐Cardoso, C. (2007). Managing diversity in academic organizations: a challenge to organizational culture. Women in Management Review, 22(4), 274-288. https://doi.org/10.1108/09649420710754237
Broumand, M., Kothranshan M. R., & Gholami, B. (2010). The relationship between organizational justice and conflict management style. Human development of the police, 7(32), 73-84. https://www.sid.ir/fa/journal/ViewPaper.aspx?id=123216
Chalabi, M. (2003). Sociology of order: description and theoretical analysis of social order (2 ed.). Ney. https://www.gisoom.com/book/1261526/
Coser, L. A. (1999). The life and thought of great sociologists (7 ed.). Elmi. https://www.gisoom. com/book/1150983/
Creswell, J. W. (1998). Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Traditions. SAGE Publications. https://books.google.com/books/about/Qualitative_ Inquiry_and_Research_Design.html?id=bjO2AAAAIAAJ
DeConinck, J. B. (2010). The effect of organizational justice, perceived organizational support, and perceived supervisor support on marketing employees' level of trust. Journal of Business Research, 63(12), 1349-1355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2010.01.003
Findlow, S. (2012). Higher education change and professional-academic identity in newly ‘academic’ disciplines: the case of nurse education. Higher Education, 63(1), 117-133. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-011-9449-4
Fortin, M., & Fellenz, M. R. (2008). Hypocrisies of Fairness: Towards a More Reflexive Ethical Base in Organizational Justice Research and Practice. Journal of Business Ethics, 78(3), 415-433. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-006-9330-z
Gall, M. D., Borg, W., & Gall, J. (2012). Quantitative and qualitative research methods in educational sciences and psychology (7 ed., Vol. 1). Shahid Beheshti University, Samt, Tehran, Iran. https://www.gisoom.com/book/1846300
Gholipour, R., & Gholampour Ahangar, E. (2010). Public Policy Making Process In Iran. the research assistant of the Islamic Council Research Center. https://rc.majlis.ir/rc-assets/uploads/2140602350.farayand.pdf
Greb, E. (2002). Social Inequality: Perspectives of Classical and Contemporary Theorists (2 ed.). Moaser. https://www.gisoom.com/book/1239778/
Gulati, S., Paterson, M., Medves, J., & Luce-Kapler, R. (2011). Reflecting on the Methodological Aspects of a Critical Ethnographic Approach Used to Inform Change for Adolescents with Disabilities. Qualitative Report, 16(2), 523-562. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ926300
HajizadehMaimandi, M. (2018). Investigating the relationship between alienation and scientific dignity among the members of Yazd University. Iranian Higher Education Association Quarterly, 2(3), 135-168. https://www.sid.ir/fa/journal/ViewPaper.aspx?id=118630
Hassani, Q. (2010). Investigating the relationship between political and social alienation and political and social participation of students of Tehran state universities in the years 87-86. Social Science Quarterly, -(50), 129-170. https://www.sid.ir/fa/journal/View Paper.aspx?id=131564
Henri, J.-F. (2006). Organizational culture and performance measurement systems. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 31(1), 77-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aos.2004.10.003
Heponiemi, T., Elovainio, M., Laine, J., Pekkarinen, L., Eccles, M., Noro, A., . . . Sinervo, T. (2007). Productivity and employees' organizational justice perceptions in long-term care for the elderly. Research in Nursing & Health, 30(5), 498-507. https://doi. org/10.1002/nur.20205
Jafari, S., & Abd Sharifi, F. (2013). Presenting a structural model of the relationship between faculty members' perceived teaching competencies and students' academic achievements. Teaching and learning studies, 6(1), 47-66. http://ensani.ir/fa/article/337657/
Jang, S. J., & Johnson, B. R. (2001). Neighborhood disorder, individual religiosity, and adolescent use of illicit drugs: A test of multilevel hypotheses. Criminology, 39(1), 109-144. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-9125.2001.tb00918.x
Krueger, R. A. (1994). Focus Groups: A Practical Guide for Applied Research (2 ed.). SAGE. https://books.google.com/books/about/Focus_Groups.html?id=yrQOAQAAMAAJ
Mohseni Tabrizi, A. (1991). Alienation (conceptualization and grouping of theories in the fields of sociology and psychology). Social Sciences Letter, 2(2), 30-45. http://ensani.ir/file/ download/article/20110203093232-%C2%A0%20(17).pdf
Mohseni Tabrizi, A. R. (2003). Pathological aspects of social/cultural alination: a study of value isolation among university students. Journal of Research and Planning in Higher Education, 8(4), 119-182. https://www.sid.ir/fa/Journal/ViewPaper.aspx?id=14651
Mostafavi rad, F., Behrangi, M. R., Asgarian, M., & Farzad, V. (2010). The study of relationship between organizational culture, quality of work life, organizational commitment and work alienation in educational administrators of secondary schools in Shiraz. Journal of Educational Scinces, 17(1), 45-78. https://education.scu.ac.ir/ article_10270_a742cc4d7feadde8ac26d9be6f827b53.pdf
Quantz, R. A. (1992). On critical ethnography (with some postmodern considerations). In The handbook of qualitative research in education. Emerald.
Seeman, M. (1959). On the meaning of alienation. American sociological review, 24(6), 783-791. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2088565
Seeman, M. (1966). Status and Identity: The Problem of Inauthenticity. Pacific Sociological Review, 9(2), 67-73. https://doi.org/10.2307/1388239
Sotoudeh, H. (2001). Social pathology (sociology of deviations) (8 ed.). Avaye Noor. https:// www.gisoom.com/book/1217663/
Sotoudeh, H. (2010). Social pathology (sociology of deviations) (21 ed.). Avaye Noor. https:// www.gisoom.com/book/1661219
Thomas, D. R. (2006). A General Inductive Approach for Analyzing Qualitative Evaluation Data. American Journal of Evaluation, 27(2), 237-246. https://doi.org/10.1177/10 98214005283748
Trusty, J., & Dooley-Dickey, K. (1993). Alienation from school: An exploratory analysis of elementary and middle school students' perceptions. Journal of Research & Development in Education, 26(4), 232-242. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1994-11569-001
Yemeni Dozi Sarkhabi, M. (2009). New approaches and perspectives in higher education. Research Institute of Cultural and Social Studies. https://www.gisoom.com/book/1616903/
Zaki, M. A. (2009). Social alienation of youth (case study: female and male students of Isfahan University). Youth research, culture and society, -(3), 25-51. https://www.sid.ir/fa/journal/ViewPaper.aspx?ID=103234
Karafan Quarterly Scientific Journal
Volume 19, Special Issue
Humanities
August 2022
Pages 137-155

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  • Receive Date: 17 February 2021
  • Revise Date: 25 April 2021
  • Accept Date: 30 August 2021

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