Alumni Engagement and Financial Sustainability of Higher Education Institutions: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

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global journal al thaqafah Pub Date : 2022-02-28 DOI:10.7187/gjatsi022022-10

Nabeel Nisar, Ellisha Nasruddin

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The purpose of this paper is to describe the various attitudes of alumni towards engagement in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) of Pakistan, based on a phenomenological study of their lived experiences. Empirical data was collected in the form of semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions with 26 alumni from eight selected public HEIs of Pakistan, which was later analysed through employing Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). This paper highlights six superordinate themes which indicated that alumni held strong determination to engage with institutions to meet the financial sustainability challenge, provided that institutions observed adequate communication and engagement efforts with them. Theoretically, this paper extended the use of S-O-R framework in the higher education philanthropic domain where institutional engagement efforts and personal connection, coupled with emotional bonding, led to alumni engagement with institutions. In addition, this study also contextually extended the use of social exchange theory where the inclination of alumni to engage with institutions is driven by their sense of indebtedness and serving the community.

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高等教育机构的校友参与与财务可持续性:解释性现象学分析

本文的目的是描述校友对参与巴基斯坦高等教育机构(HEIs)的各种态度，基于对他们生活经历的现象学研究。实证数据以半结构化访谈和焦点小组讨论的形式收集，来自巴基斯坦8所选定的公立高等教育机构的26名校友，随后通过解释现象学分析(IPA)对其进行分析。本文强调了六个突出的主题，这些主题表明，只要院校与校友进行充分的沟通和接触，校友就有坚定的决心与院校合作，以应对财务可持续性挑战。从理论上讲，本文将S-O-R框架的使用扩展到高等教育慈善领域，其中机构参与努力和个人联系，加上情感联系，导致校友与机构的参与。此外，本研究还在背景下扩展了社会交换理论的使用，即校友参与机构的倾向是由他们的负债意识和服务社区驱动的。

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期刊介绍： Global Journal Al-Thaqafah (GJAT) is a biannual journal, published by Universiti Sultan Azlan Shah (USAS), Perak, MALAYSIA. This journal is purely academic and peer reviewed. It caters to articles, research notes and reports, and book reviews on diverse topics relating to Islam and the Muslims. This journal is intended to provide an avenue for researchers and academics from all persuasions and traditions to share and discuss differing views, new ideas, theories, research outcomes, and socio-cultural and socio-political issues that impact on and directly or indirectly affect the Muslim World with the sole purpose of making this world a better place to live in. GJAT started in 2011 and was later granted the SCOPUS status in March 2014. Since then, GJAT has published numerous articles and materials from international contributors. GJAT welcomes contributions from all: academics, experts, and professionals. All articles submitted must be original, academic, of high scholarly standard, and meet the strict SCOPUS requirements. GJAT prioritizes articles that discuss fundamental issues and are of global relevance and importance, and publishes all articles that fulfill the basic criteria without prejudice (kindly refer to "Submission and Guidelines"). All decisions by GJAT to publish any article are final.