An examination of the institutional character and organizational ethos at Seventh-Day Adventist colleges in the United States
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- David Malcolm Ritter (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Joseph E. Bryson
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the institutional character and organizational ethos at Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) colleges in the United States. Given the problem of a scarcity of published information about SDA colleges, this study has served to investigate an otherwise un-researched facet of American higher education. Six Seventh-day Adventist colleges participated in this study. A modified version of the Institutional Functioning Inventory (I.F.I.), which utilized six of its scales, was used for collecting data. The survey instrument was presented to 528 faculty members at the six colleges and 245 responses were received. A college's institutional mean score on the I.F.I, scales was the basis for the description of the institutional culture of each participating college. An ANOVA was performed, designating each college as the independent variable and each I.F.I. scale, in turn, as a dependent variable. The findings allow for certain generalizations to be made about SDA colleges. The participants, collectively, scored very high on measures of faculty morale and commitment to a shared sense of purpose while, at the same time, faculty reported generally low levels of personal and academic freedom. There was a generally high level of concern for undergraduate learning with the academic environments reported to be modestly interesting places for work and study.
An examination of the institutional character and organizational ethos at Seventh-Day Adventist colleges in the United States
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- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 1992
- Subjects
- Seventh-Day Adventists $x Education $z United States
- Universities and colleges $z United States