describe increased struggles between academics and administrators—struggles arising from the rapidly expanding role of administration in collegial governance. This expansion challenges faculty preference for slower, deliberate change, and for collegial, consensual decision-making. “You will find universities that 10 years ago were run in a collegial fashion now completely structured to look fro...

PARTICIPATING ACTIVELY IN PROFESSIONAL associations can make a positive difference in a librarian’s job and career. Associations are relevant sources of current information. Effective communication and leadership skills are learned or enhanced. Librarians can become familiar with the processes of research and publication. A sense of professional community is nurtured. This article discusses the...

Purpose: The managers' professional development is one of the effective factors in improving the position of organizations in comparison with other organizations. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of providing a model of educational managers' professional development in the banking industry. Methodology: This research in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implem...

Purpose-To explore aspects of creating, seeking, sharing and management of information in food blogging asserious leisure. Design/methodology/approach-Participants‟ conceptualisation of food blogging and the role of information in it is interpreted through in-depth interviews and analysis of activity on the UK Food Bloggers Association website. Findings-Food blogging as a leisure pursuit result...

BACKGROUND The debriefing phase is an important feature of simulation activities for learning. This study applies a sociomaterial perspective on debriefing in interprofessional simulation with medical and nursing students. Sociomaterial perspectives are increasingly being used in order to understand professional practice and learning in new ways, conceptualising professional practice as being e...