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Beliefs Regarding Faculty Participation Participants Nonparticipants Belief Evaluation Belief Evaluation M SD M SD M SD M SD Help me improve my course 2.00 0.93 1.13 0.35 1.50 1.22 1.00 0.00 Give me the opportunity to earn 2.63 2.20 1.63 0.92 1.83 1.33 2.17 1.47 the incentive Keep me from taking the 5.29 1.98 4.25 1.91 5.83 2.04 4.83 2.64 required training Allow me to learn some new 2.57 1.27 1.25 0.46 1.83 1.60 1.17 0.41 techniques Help me gain a better 2.00 0.93 1.50 1.07 2.00 2.00 1.33 0.82 understanding of quality Support my Promotion and 2.63 0.92 1.25 0.46 2.83 1.94 1.83 0.75 Tenure packet Allow me to help other faculty 3.25 1.58 1.88 0.83 2.83 1.47 1.50 0.55 improve their courses Be time consuming and effortful 4.88 1.36 2.88 1.55 6.00 1.55 2.67 1.37 Require changes I do not want to make Require me to commit time that I do not have Subject me to faculty members not getting along Be an unfamiliar process and cause me to be confused Be an infringement on my academic freedom 3.63 1.41 3.63 1.41 2.17 1.94 3.67 2.07 4.63 0.74 4.13 1.25 5.17 1.72 4.83 2.04 2.88 1.46 5.13 1.36 2.33 1.97 6.00 1.27 2.50 1.60 4.25 1.67 3.00 1.58 4.00 1.10 2.25 1.49 5.63 1.19 2.00 2.00 5.67 1.37 Table 1 Behavioral Beliefs and Outcome Evaluations (i.e., Indirect Assessment of Attitudes) Expressed by Faculty Members during the Introduction of the Internal Peer Review Process by Peer Review Participation 112