Academic manager or managed academic? Academic identity schisms in higher education

被引:239
作者
Winter, Richard [1 ]
机构
[1] Australian Natl Univ, Sch Management Mkt & Int Business, Canberra, ACT, Australia
关键词
academic identity; corporate managerialism; values systems;
D O I
10.1080/13600800902825835
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
The relationship between values and academic identity has received scant attention in the higher education literature with some notable exceptions (Churchman, 2006; Harley, 2002; Henkel, 2005). This paper contends that the perceived need to align all academics around corporate values and goals has given rise to academic identity schisms in higher education. Central to the academic identity schism is the notion of person-organisation values fit and the degree to which the ideologies and values of academics are congruent (the 'academic manager') or incongruent (the 'managed academic') with the prevailing discourse of corporate managerialism. To reduce the prevalence of academic disengagement and make it easier for academic managers to gain the support of the managed, the paper proposes two inter-related strategies for bridging identity schisms in academe.
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页码:121 / 131
页数:11
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