Sustainability in Education: A Scale on Perceptions of Organisational Discipline Related to the COVID-19 Period

Rasiha Yerel, Gokmen Dagli, Fahriye Altinay, Ebba Ossiannilsson, Mehmet Altinay and Zehra Altinay
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Rasiha Yerel: Institute of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Education, Social Research and Development, Near East University, Nicosia 99138, Cyprus
Gokmen Dagli: Institute of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Education, Social Research and Development, Near East University, Nicosia 99138, Cyprus
Fahriye Altinay: Institute of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Education, Social Research and Development, Near East University, Nicosia 99138, Cyprus
Ebba Ossiannilsson: Swedish Association for Distance Education (SADE), International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE), OER Advocacy Committee, 222 35 Lund, Sweden
Mehmet Altinay: Faculty of Business, University of Kyrenia, Kyrenia 99320, Cyprus
Zehra Altinay: Institute of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Education, Social Research and Development, Near East University, Nicosia 99138, Cyprus

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 15, 1-25

Abstract: Higher education institutions are the most important institutions that form the basis of societies. The devoted students, academic and administrative employees enlighten the future and keep these institutions alive. Employees of higher education institutions have to teach a discipline with the order existing in their organisation and their relations with each other. The purpose of this study is to determine using the “organisational discipline” perceptions of higher education employees in different situations and determine the differences according to their socio-demographic characteristics. In the literature review of this study, no scale related to the perception of organisa-tional discipline was found. For this purpose, a scale consisting of six sub-dimensions that will cover the perception of organisational discipline was prepared. The validity and reliability of the prepared scale were determined by conducting a study. COVID-19 pandemic affected the world in all sectors throughout, a prepared scale was applied to 357 higher education institution academics who has been teaching online for a long time. Forward-looking sustainable higher education strategy, the discipline scale plays an essential role in the organisation. In this period, the perceptions of organisational discipline were tried to be determined by considering their current situation. The data obtained in the research were applied independent sample t -test and analysis of variance (ANOVA); T -test, one of the post-hoc tests, was used as further analysis. The study determined that if there is significant difference in perceptions of organisational discipline related to gender, age, nationality, educational status, professional seniority, academic title and working style.

Keywords: education 4.0; higher education; organisational discipline; sustainability in education; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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