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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Academic workload"”.
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Assessing the effectiveness of the Academic Workload Allocation Model at a South African Business School
Managing workload allocation to ensure fairness and equity amongst staff can be a challenge in any organisation and managing the workload allocation of autonomy seeking academic staff in a business school can be even more so. In this study, the researcher aimed to review a recently designed and …
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The Relationship of Academic Workload Typologies and Other Selected Demographic Variables to Burnout Levels Among Full-Time Faculty in Seventh-day Adventist Colleges and Universities in North America
… a widespread phenomenon among teachers, and that workload could be a possible predictor. No study had been done to date in Seventh-day Adventist colleges and universities in North America to determine the levels of burnout in full-time faculty. Research was necessary, therefore, to determine the …
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What do professors in research and doctoral institutions do all week? an exploration of faculty time, work, and drive
This study addresses the issue of academic drive in terms of academic workload, specifically, the number of hours faculty members work. It examines the relationship between academic drive, the percentage of time faculty members allocate to seven academic work spheres (time allocation), and the …
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The implementation of Chinese quality education in the context of the National College/University entrance examination : a case study of two senior secondary schools in Taiyuani city
… individuals, lightening the school students' academic workload, changing the one-sided pursuit of the NCEE promotion rate and reforming the NCEE testing subject areas, testing contents, and assessment methods. The latest Quality Education reform was a new curriculum introduced by the Ministry …
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Exploring psychosocial factors that affect the mental health of undergraduate university students at a rural university in South Africa
… study, social integration and campus climate, academic workload and adaptation, lack of funding and delayed allowances, inadequate infrastructure and facilities, favouritism, safety and institutional justice were discovered as the factors affecting the mental health of undergraduate students. …
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The nurse educators' perception of their clinical instruction role
… absenteeism, lack of facilities, an unmanageable academic workload and distance between campus and practice were also identified as major problems that were experienced by nurse educators. On the basis of these findings, it is recommended that a structured component of clinical instruction be …
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Compensation structure and employee commitment: the case of academics at a comprehensive tertiary institution
… Human Resources Management at UNIZULU, retaining academic employees at the Institution is challenged by competitorswho are steadily poaching academic employees, resulting in a high turnover over the past few years. In addition, based on this researcher’s engagements with academic employees of …
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A formative evaluation of the SAEP non-academic bridging year programme
… a formative theory-based evaluation of the non-academic component of the Bridging Year Programme (BYP) implemented by the South African Education and Environment Project (SAEP), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) working mainly in the impoverished community of Phillipi near Cape Town, South …
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Stress, Coping, Social Support, and Psychological Distress Among MSW Students
… energy in successfully managing a challenging academic workload (Lawson & Fuehrer, 2001). Using the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping as the theoretical framework, this study documented the self-reported stress of MSW students using the Perceived Stress Scale. The Brief COPE measured …