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Getting Ready for the Future: Assessing and Promoting Graduate Students' Organizational Values.
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Hendel, Tova; Gefen-Liban, Dganit – Nurse Education Today, 2003
Israeli graduate nursing students who took management courses in 1998 (n=25), 1999 (n=15), and 2000 (n=11) rated the importance of different value sets. All three groups ranked personal and professional values significantly higher than organizational values such as vision, competition, cooperation, risk taking, and status. (Contains 29…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Nursing Students
Stress in Academe--A Cross-Cultural Comparison between Israeli and American Academicians.
Perlberg, Arye; Keinan, Giora – 1988
The effects of stress on the physical and psychological well-being of people in different professions and occupations have become a focal interest of researchers and clinicians. There is growing evidence that stress adversely affects the performance, productivity, job satisfaction, health, and the general quality of life of professionals and of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries
Sources of Stress in Academe--The Israeli Case.
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Perlberg, Arye; Keinan, Giora – Higher Education, 1986
A study is reported of the work situations perceived as stressful by faculty in Israeli universities; the differences in stress perception among disciplines; the stressful situations' relationships to the traditional faculty activities of research, teaching, and services; and faculty coping strategies. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Coping, Faculty Workload, Foreign Countries
Job Satisfaction Among Academic Staff: An International Perspective.
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Lacy, Fiona J.; Sheehan, Barry A. – Higher Education, 1997
A study examined aspects of college faculty's satisfaction with their jobs across eight nations (Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Mexico, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States) and the implications for governance and administration. Results indicate that factors related to work environment (university atmosphere, morale, sense of community,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Collegiality, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
An International Study of the Gendered Nature of Academic Work: Some Cross-Cultural Explorations.
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Poole, Millicent; Bornholt, Laurel; Summers, Fiona – Higher Education, 1997
Examines gender-related nature of academic work, based on an international survey of college and university faculty. Describes commonalities for areas of discrimination among men and women faculty in Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Mexico, Sweden, United Kingdom, and United States. Focuses on working conditions, professional activities…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis
Faculty Perceptions of Elements Influencing Their Teaching and Professional Development. Draft.
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Gottlieb, Esther E.; Yakir, Ruth – 1994
This study, a case study of Israel from a larger study of faculty perceptions around the world, examined faculty perceptions of determinants of teaching quality. The questionnaire asked about academic career patterns, work loads and allocation of time, attitudes toward teaching, methods of teaching and evaluation, research and publications,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Colleges, Faculty Development
The Academic Profession: An International Perspective. A Special Report.
Boyer, Ernest L.; And Others – 1994
This report examines the results of an international study of higher education systems, based on surveys of approximately 1,000 faculty in each of the following nations: United States, Germany, the Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Israel, and Australia. Findings are organized around seven…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Access to Education, Administrator Attitudes, College Faculty