Can you feel the change of seasons? Perspectives of academic staff on organizational change

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ID4096964
AutoresJeroen Huisman (0000-0003-2241-9980, Ghent University, autor correspondente), Karlijn Soppe (Ghent University), K F B Soppe (0000-0001-5756-8084, Ghent University), Thea Eide (0000-0002-2012-0902, Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education (NIFU), Oslo, Norway), Nicoline Frølich (0000-0002-8531-7669, Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education (NIFU), Oslo, Norway)
Ano2023
Volume48
Fascículo12
Páginas1809-1824
Data de publicação2023-12-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoStudies in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03075079.2023.2215812
OpenAlexW4377825109
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas32

Research on academic staff experiences with mergers in higher education points out that they often struggle with the change process. Reform appears to go hand in hand with uneasiness and even anxiety, but studies also report mixed results: part of those involved share concerns, others report positive experiences. This study on mergers in Norwegian higher education uses a survey among academic staff, enabling us to compare the experiences of academic staff at merged institutions with staff at institutions that did not merge. We find that academic staff at merged institutions are less positive about developments within their study programmes and research units compared to those not having been part of a merger process. Further fine-grained analyzes show that both background characteristics of respondents and discipline play a role as well. Our contribution to the literature on mergers is that attention should be paid to the background characteristics of academic staff, for these factors are important to understand impact

Higher education · Medical education · Norwegian · Organizational change · Organizational culture · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Higher Education Governance and Development · Management and Organizational Studies · Medicine · Psychology