I never really thought about rewards in quite this way. It’s a great insight. In retrospect, I saw this phenomenon play out when I was a university administrator. For instance, some faculty felt they were entitled to a sabbatical at regular intervals even though policies explicitly stated that sabbatical benefits had to be earned. When t…
I never really thought about rewards in quite this way. It’s a great insight. In retrospect, I saw this phenomenon play out when I was a university administrator. For instance, some faculty felt they were entitled to a sabbatical at regular intervals even though policies explicitly stated that sabbatical benefits had to be earned. When their sabbatical did not manifest because they did not earn it, they would act as though they were deprived of a right.
I never really thought about rewards in quite this way. It’s a great insight. In retrospect, I saw this phenomenon play out when I was a university administrator. For instance, some faculty felt they were entitled to a sabbatical at regular intervals even though policies explicitly stated that sabbatical benefits had to be earned. When their sabbatical did not manifest because they did not earn it, they would act as though they were deprived of a right.
Yes, those precedent benefits become expected just like rewards do.
The handbook doesn't define it quite like the 2-3 year precedent does.
Do you think this may have been tied to a previous administrator who turned the sabbatical into an expectation inadvertently?