The Transitions of Chinese University Teachers Performance Culture Since 1949: A Policy Tex Analysis

Since 1949, the transition of university teachers performance culture had gone through four stages: preliminary exploration period, institutional norm alization period, reform deepening period and connotation upgrading period. The development trajectories were shaped by triple logical evolution, including: from equalitarianism to more payment for more work and good payment for good work; insisting on guiding teachers to focus on teaching ; from performance oriented to paying equal attention to performance and virtue. In the future, it is necessary to guide the development of university teachers performance culture with leading policy texts.The aim is to develop high-quality performance material culture, teaching and research oriented performance behavior culture, and performance spiritual culture following the doctrine of the mean, so as to improve teachers’ work enthusiasm, to establish a positive university organizational image, and to enhance the recognition and trust of the society to the university.