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Globalization, internationalization and the faculty: culture and perception of full-time faculty at a research university

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Title	Globalization, internationalization and the faculty: culture and perception of full-time faculty at a research university
Author	Hirano, Alison Izawa
Author email	ahirano@usc.edu;alisonizawa@hotmail.com
Degree	Doctor of Education
Document type	Dissertation
Degree program	Education (Leadership)
School	Rossier School of Education
Date defended/completed	2012-07-18
Date submitted	2012-09-21
Date approved	2012-09-21
Restricted until	2012-09-21
Date published	2012-09-21
Advisor (committee chair)	Robison, Mark P.
Advisor (committee member)	Diamond, Michael Dowd, Alicia
Abstract	The processes of globalization have an impact on society in numerous ways. As a result, higher education institutions around the world attempt to adjust to these changes through internationalization efforts. Amongst the key stakeholders who play an important role in assuring that these efforts are successful is the faculty because it is this body of academics and scholars who are primarily responsible for the research and teaching aspects of the university. However, very little is known about faculty perceptions of internationalization and virtually no studies have investigated faculty perceptions of globalization. Furthermore, the cultures of faculty, specifically one of the most influential cultures – the disciplinary culture – could potentially have a significant impact on their perceptions. This study set out to investigate how faculty perceived globalization and internationalization, the faculty cultures that might be indicated by these perceptions, and whether or not these perceptions and cultures varied between the faculty disciplines. In this study, thirty full-time faculty at a research university were interviewed. All participants were selected based on their faculty position in one of three broad disciplinary groups: Natural Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities. In implementing a qualitative methods approach, this study utilized an open-ended interviewing method. In the data analysis, Umbach’s (2007) model of faculty culture was employed as the theoretical framework. This study found that faculty perceptions of globalization and internationalization do vary substantially amongst the disciplines, and, although faculty do define these processes in a variety of contexts, faculty tend to understand globalization and internationalization through particular practices and policies within the higher education landscape. Due to the considerable differences in faculty perceptions and cultures, the researcher recommends that institutions of higher education take into account the cultural differences that may have an impact on faculty perceptions of globalization and internationalization, and that the contexts revealed by the faculty in this study – as ways in which they perceive these processes – can be utilized by institutions who seek to implement cohesive and successful internationalization efforts that address globalization.
Keyword	globalization; internationalization; faculty; research university; culture; perception; disciplinary culture
Language	English
Part of collection	University of Southern California dissertations and theses
Publisher (of the original version)	University of Southern California
Place of publication (of the original version)	Los Angeles, California
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Provenance	Electronically uploaded by the author
Type	texts
Legacy record ID	usctheses-m
Rights	Hirano, Alison Izawa
Access conditions	The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given.
Repository name	University of Southern California Digital Library
Repository address	USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA
Repository email	cisadmin@usc.edu
Archival file	uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-HiranoAlis-1209.pdf