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A mixed study of the organizational culture types and features in advisorpostgraduate fellowship |
LIN Jie, CHAO Yaqun |
(Institute of International and Comparative Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China) |
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Abstract The advisor system is the main institution of postgraduate education, and thus formed advisorpostgraduate fellowship dominated by advisors. The advisorpostgraduate fellowship is usually an important organizational form for postgraduate training featured with multiple objectives, activities, freely associating and emotional exchange with other members. By investigating postgraduates of a "Double FirstClass" construction university with a mixed research method, the research finds that there are four types of organizational culture in advisorpostgraduate fellowship, and they are freerange fellowship, tribal fellowship, family fellowship and hierarchical fellowship. Different types of organizational culture have different characteristics, and have different influences on postgraduate students. Family and tribal fellowship are closer to positive organizational culture, and freerange and hierarchical fellowship are to be improved. Benign organizational culture construction calls for joint efforts of advisors and postgraduate students. Advisors should reflect on and adjust their leadership styles and deep values, seek the help of faculty development centers when necessary, and lead the construction of benign organizational culture; postgraduate students should also take an active attitude, and put forward suggestions and take actions to improve the organizational culture.
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