{"title":"Research Assistants' Understandings of the Anger They Feel Towards Faculty Members: A Phenomenographic Study","authors":"Gökhan Özaslan, Seda Karadeniz, Serkan Güner","doi":"10.1111/hequ.70018","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div>\n \n <p>The purpose of this phenomenographic study was to examine the different ways in which a group of research assistants who varied by university, department and gender understand the anger they feel towards the faculty members with whom they interact. Phenomenographic analysis was conducted on data obtained through face-to-face, semi-structured interviews with 15 research assistants at two state universities in Turkey. The analysis revealed that the participants understood the anger at issue in six different ways: (1) ‘an emotion one feels when exposed to an injustice’, (2) ‘an emotion that diminishes work performance’, (3) ‘an emotion that should be kept under control’, (4) ‘an emotion that causes discomfort’, (5) ‘an emotion that pushes one to look for a solution’ and (6) ‘an emotion for which one develops resilience as one gains work experience’. Implications for future research and practise were also discussed based on the findings.</p>\n </div>","PeriodicalId":51607,"journal":{"name":"HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY","volume":"79 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"HIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hequ.70018","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The purpose of this phenomenographic study was to examine the different ways in which a group of research assistants who varied by university, department and gender understand the anger they feel towards the faculty members with whom they interact. Phenomenographic analysis was conducted on data obtained through face-to-face, semi-structured interviews with 15 research assistants at two state universities in Turkey. The analysis revealed that the participants understood the anger at issue in six different ways: (1) ‘an emotion one feels when exposed to an injustice’, (2) ‘an emotion that diminishes work performance’, (3) ‘an emotion that should be kept under control’, (4) ‘an emotion that causes discomfort’, (5) ‘an emotion that pushes one to look for a solution’ and (6) ‘an emotion for which one develops resilience as one gains work experience’. Implications for future research and practise were also discussed based on the findings.
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Higher Education Quarterly publishes articles concerned with policy, strategic management and ideas in higher education. A substantial part of its contents is concerned with reporting research findings in ways that bring out their relevance to senior managers and policy makers at institutional and national levels, and to academics who are not necessarily specialists in the academic study of higher education. Higher Education Quarterly also publishes papers that are not based on empirical research but give thoughtful academic analyses of significant policy, management or academic issues.