Title: Evaluation of Tenure Track System in Higher Education Institutions in Pakistan: An HRM Perspective
Abstract: Tenure Track System was introduced in Pakistan in the year 2004 following the 2002 Higher Education Reforms. This System was brought basically as an alternate to the conventional Basic Pay Scale System prevalent in the entire Public Sector. As these reforms were influenced by global practices and institutions, therefore, when these reforms were introduced in Pakistan, a lot of resistance was faced and a debate was generated where some people called it a conspiracy, others supported it calling it as an innovation to compete Western academic efficiency. With the help of Literature, it was derived that many researches have been conducted on reform in the context of higher education institutions and governance, however, no “Evaluative Study” has been conducted on Tenure Track System particularly from a Human Resource Management Perspective. Therefore, to bridge this gap and clearly outline factors that may facilitate decision makers towards strengthening the system this comprehensive qualitative study was conducted in the specific context of University of the Punjab, one of the largest public sector university in Pakistan. The study is based on in-depth interviews with stakeholders. A two-step theoretical framework has been developed for this research utilizing Institutional Perspective to evaluate implementation side, and Human Resource Management functions to evaluate application of TTS and suggest areas for improvement. Important findings of this research suggest that at present TTS is not streamlined and structured in view of the specific context of higher education institutions in Pakistan, there exists a high amount of uncertainty in different areas with regard to the implementation of the system. Hence, on the basis of findings of this study, key recommendations include reduction in probationary period, training of review committee members, pension and after retirement benefits, retention of administrative positions, revisiting the publication criteria discipline wise etc. towards strengthening of the budding system.
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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