Becoming Socialized in Student Affairs Administration: A Guide for New Professionals and Their Supervisors PDF
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BECOMING SOCIALIZED IN STUDENT AFFAIRS ADMINISTRATION .................17245$ $$FM 05-12-0914:05:43 PS PAGEi copyright(cid:2)2009bystyluspublishing,llc. PublishedbyStylusPublishing,LLC 22883QuicksilverDrive Sterling,Virginia20166-2102 Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedor reproducedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanicalor othermeans,nowknownorhereafterinvented,including photocopying,recordingandinformationstorageand retrieval,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-Publication-Data Becomingsocializedinstudentaffairsadministration:a guidefornewprofessionalsandtheirsupervisors/editedby AshleyTull,JoanB.Hirt,andSueSaunders. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-1-57922-275-8(hardcover:alk.paper)— ISBN978-1-57922-276-5(pbk.:alk.paper) 1.Student affairsadministrators—In-servicetraining—United States. 2.Studentaffairsadministrators—Supervision of—UnitedStates. 3.Studentaffairsadministrators— Professionalrelationships—UnitedStates. 4.Professional socialization—UnitedStates. I.Tull,Ashley,1972– II.Hirt,JoanB. III.Saunders,Sue,1950– LB2342.92.B4 2009 378.1(cid:2)970715—dc22 2008054641 13-digitISBN:978-1-57922-275-8(cloth) 13-digitISBN:978-1-57922-276-5(paper) PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Allfirsteditionsprintedonacidfreepaperthatmeetsthe AmericanNationalStandardsInstituteZ39-48Standard. BulkPurchases Quantitydiscountsareavailableforuseinworkshops andforstaffdevelopment. Call1-800-232-0223 FirstEdition,2009 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 .................17245$ $$FM 05-12-0914:05:50 PS PAGEiv .................17245$ $$FM 05-12-0914:05:45 PS PAGEii BECOMING SOCIALIZED IN STUDENT AFFAIRS ADMINISTRATION A Guide for New Professionals and Their Supervisors Edited by Ashley Tull, Joan B. Hirt, and Sue A. Saunders STERLING, VIRGINIA .................17245$ $$FM 05-12-0914:05:47 PS PAGEiii CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii PREFACE ix PART ONE: EFFECTIVE SOCIALIZATION OF NEW PROFESSIONALS: PROCESSES AND IMPORTANCE 1 . THE SOCIALIZATION PROCESS FOR NEW 3 PROFESSIONALS DeniseCollins 2. 28 QUALITY OF WORK LIFE WhySocializationMatters VickiJ.RosserandJanMinoruJavinar PART TWO: CONTEXTS THAT INFLUENCE SOCIALIZATION OF NEW PROFESSIONALS 3 . THE INFLUENCE OF INSTITUTIONAL TYPE ON 45 SOCIALIZATION JoanB.Hirt 4 . CHANGING STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS AND 67 SOCIALIZATION JerridP.FreemanandColetteTaylor PART THREE: STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE SOCIALIZATION OF NEW PROFESSIONALS 5. 89 GRADUATE PREPARATION PROGRAMS TheFirstStepinSocialization LindaKukandMichaelJ.Cuyjet v .................17245$ CNTS 05-12-0914:05:48 PS PAGEv vi CONTENTS 6. 109 ORIENTATION IN THE SOCIALIZATION PROCESS SueA.SaundersandDianeL.Cooper 7 . SUPERVISION AND MENTORSHIP IN THE 129 SOCIALIZATION PROCESS AshleyTull 8 . STAFF-PEER RELATIONSHIPS IN THE SOCIALIZATION 152 PROCESS TerrellL.Strayhorn 9. 174 INSTITUTIONAL SOCIALIZATION INITIATIVES StanCarpenterandLindaCarpenter 10. 194 PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND SOCIALIZATION StevenM.Janosik PART 4: IMPLICATIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR EFFECTIVE SOCIALIZATION 11. 217 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AshleyTull,JoanB.Hirt,andSueA.Saunders 233 CONTRIBUTORS 243 INDEX .................17245$ CNTS 05-12-0914:05:49 PS PAGEvi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Wewould liketo thankRosa Edwards,administrative assistantin theCam- pus Life Center at the University of Arkansas, for her editorial assistance throughoutthepreparationofthisbook. vii .................17245$ $ACK 05-12-0914:05:51 PS PAGEvii .................17245$ $ACK 05-12-0914:05:51 PS PAGEviii PREFACE Everyyear studentaffairsdivisionsat theover4,300colleges anduni- versitiesacrosstheUnitedStateswelcomenewstaffmemberstotheir ranks.Hundredsofaspiringadministratorsbringawealthoftalents, interests, and abilities to their positions. A sense of revitalization is typical whenrecenthiresarriveoncampus,andseasonedprofessionalsbenefitfrom theenthusiasmtheirnewcolleaguesbringwiththem.Inturn,senioradmin- istrators offer wisdom and astuteness to novices who are just beginning to charttheirprofessionaljourneys. The roads these new staff members have traveled to gain entry to the profession are varied. Certainly many have followed the traditional route— active involvement as undergraduates led them to master’s programs in higher education and student affairs administration. There are other career paths,however.Forinstance,newlymintedalumniwhoservedasseniorresi- dent assistants or campus ambassadors as undergraduates often are hired as hall directors or admission counselors. Likewise, some new hires completed graduatedegreesinotherfields(e.g.,psychology,sociology,communication) but were employed in assistantships in student affairs offices. They became enamoredoftheprofessionandelectedtopursuepostgraduateemployment inthepostsecondarysector. Regardless of the path they have taken, these new employees join a robustprofession.TheAmericanCollegePersonnelAssociation(ACPA)and theNationalAssociationofStudentPersonnelAdministrators(NASPA),the two major general associations for the profession, boast 20,000 members. Thousands of others join functionally specific organizations, such as the Association of College and University Housing Officers–International (ACUHO–I),theNationalOrientationDirectorsAssociation(NODA),the National Association for Campus Activities (NACA), or the Association of College Unions International (ACUI), to name but a few. Indeed, the hun- dredsofnewstaffmemberswhojointheechelonsofstudentaffairsadminis- tratorsindicatethevocationishealthyandvigorous. ix .................17245$ PREF 05-12-0914:05:55 PS PAGEix
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