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Direct linkBray, Nathaniel J.; Braxton, John M. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2012
Codes of conduct can and should fulfill a critical role in higher education. Codes help overcome some of the challenges inherent in a system predicated on high levels of autonomy and on self-regulation. Codes not only are important indicators of critical topics that are deemed worthy of explicit protection or expectations for behavior; they may…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Higher Education, College Administration, College Faculty
Download full textCoopersmith, Georgia A.; Braxton, John M. – 1990
The norms of science define appropriate and inappropriate scholarly or research role performance. The four norms described in this study are (1) universalism: research is assessed on its merit, not particularistic criteria; (2) commonality: research must be made public and shared with the research community; (3) disinterestedness: research is…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, College Faculty, Conformity, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBraxton, John M. – Journal of Higher Education, 1991
A survey of 138 chemistry, physics, psychology, and sociology department heads investigated the relationship between the administrator's graduate school department quality and the formality of sanctioning of colleagues for violating each of the four norms of science. The results and implications for professional socialization within disciplines…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Behavior Standards, Department Heads, Discipline Policy
Peer reviewedBraxton, John M. – Research in Higher Education, 1990
A study using national data investigated extension of the social control theory of deviance to deviance from the four Mertonian norms of science among faculty in seven disciplines. Results suggest social control in the academic profession lies primarily in the community of the academic disciplines rather than with personal controls. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Behavior Theories, Biology, Chemistry
How Professionalized Is College Teaching? Norms and the Ideal of Service. ASHE Annual Meeting Paper.
Braxton, John M.; Bayer, Alan E. – 1992
This study examined the behavioral expectations and norms for college and university faculty particularly whether they varied with respect to the level of commitment to teaching at different institutions and in different disciplines. A cluster sampling design was used to select a random sample of the population of faculty in biology, history,…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, College Faculty, College Instruction, Graduate Study
Peer reviewedBraxton, John M.; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1995
A study of 250 new teaching assistants and 122 tenure-track faculty investigated their endorsement of 4 norms defining appropriate and inappropriate teaching behavior: (1) interpersonal disregard; (2) particularistic grading; (3) moral turpitude; and (4) inadequate planning. Both groups accorded the norms similar levels of impropriety. Questions…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Behavior Standards, College Instruction, Entry Workers
