The European Journal of Social & Behavioural Sciences
Online ISSN: 2301-2218
European Publisher
Idealism Confronts Realism: University Academics Coping With Change
Table 1: Strategies adopted by academics across organisational levels
| Strategies | Levels | ||
| Proactive Strategies | D | C | B |
| Reinventing | 6 | 7 | 9 |
| Positioning | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Shaping | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Mentoring | 2 | 10 | 5 |
| Reactive Strategies | |||
| Accommodating | 3 | 11 | 6 |
| Enhancing | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Extending | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Rationing | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Leaning | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Reconstructing | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Distracting | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Counter-active Strategies | |||
| Regressing | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| Retreating | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Ignoring | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Severing | 6 | 8 | 5 |