Relooking Teachers Transactional Styles of Operation in Higher Education: An Empirical Study on Teachers of Management Programme

Abstract

A positive classroom learning experience always contributes towards creating a sustainable vibration in the minds of students, which in turn help in productive classroom engagement. There is limited knowledge concerning teacher’s style of operation especially in higher education in the field of management studies. Purpose—Supportive teacher-student relationship with effective interaction is the important input for holistic growth of the students. Looking at the generational variation in patience level of students in higher education, negative ego centrism and deficiencies in ethical and right behaviour, it is obvious that teachers’ role are getting more complicated. The purpose of this research paper is to understand the higher education teachers’ style of interacting (exchange of ideas and behaviour) with students of post graduate management programmes and other faculty colleagues and to find out styles for their effective operation, by gaining deeper insight into their own behaviour and interaction. Design/Methodology/Approach—This study uses a quantitative approach with a sample of 142 management faculty members from four cities in India. The data was analysed by using SPSS.

Keywords: Transactional Analysis, Assertive, Innovative, Regulating, Task and Adaptive

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