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ERIC Number: EJ1416364
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-1537-873X
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Transforming a University Departmental Culture from Toxicity to Health: A Collaborative Autoethnographic Study
Albert M. Jimenez; Chinasa Elue; Keneisha L. Harrington; Jennifer B. Wells; Tamela Thomas; Sheryl Croft; Binbin Jiang; Nicholas Clegorne; Miyoshi Juergensen; Cathey Goodgame
Educational Planning, v30 n4 p31-47 2023
The value and practice of cultivating a departmental culture that supports student and faculty success is critical to its effectiveness and sustainability in institutions of higher education. In this qualitative study, we apply a pedagogy of intentionality as our theoretical lens. Methodologically, we utilized a collaborative autoethnographic approach to explore experiences of departmental culture among educational leadership faculty at a public university in the southeastern United States. We were particularly interested in gathering qualitative data to increase our understanding regarding how a shift in departmental values and priorities impacted how faculty felt and assessed their individual experiences during their time within the department. Overall findings reveal the transformational process of a purposeful departmental culture shift from toxic to healthy. Evidence demonstrates (a) faculty's initial toxic culture experience characterized by a hostile, inequitable, and hierarchical working environment; (b) ways key faculty members utilized the opportunity of departmental personnel change to intentionally envision and effect a cultural transformational shift characterized by community and collegial interdependence and relationships; and (c) evidence of faculty's current experiences within a healthy culture, whose core features are professional, familial, diverse, and authentic. Faculty as guardians of culture was an associated finding.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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