Relationship of Administration and Teachers’ Association in the Public Universities of Punjab: Perspectives of Top-Level Administration and Teachers’ Elected Representatives on Current Faculty Management Practices

Present study was conducted to find out the nature of relationship between administration and teachers’ associations in the public sector universities of Punjab. Vice-chancellors, Registrars, and teachers’ elected representatives from ten universities were taken as sample of study. The technique of interview was used as the diagnostic tool. The main objectives were to study the nature of relationship of university administration and respective teachers’ association; to analyze the opinions and beliefs of top-level administrators about teachers’ associations; and to explore the teachers’ elected representatives opinions and concerns about teachers’ problems in universities. The data were organized for qualitative analysis. Synthesized descriptions were used to organize, summarize, and interpret the information. It was concluded that teachers’ associations were more actively working in old universities than in new universities and they claimed to have solved many problems of teachers and were of the opinion that they were assisting and cooperating with the universities’ administration in managing the welfare of teaching community. However, some universities’ administrators condemned their conflicting role and said that they work for personal benefits and create problems for their universities. New universities’ administrations were mostly very happy on not having such associations.