Patterns of recruitment of academic leaders to Australian universities and implications for the future of higher education

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ID4843775
AutoresSusan Loome, Susan Loomes (Business Operations, Notre Dame University, Sydney Campus, Chippendale, NSW, Australia, autor correspondente), Alison Owens (0000-0002-0000-2132, Central Queensland University), Grace Mccarthy (0000-0002-3040-2815, Sydney Business School, University of Wollongong, Sydney and Wollongong, Australia)
Ano2019
Volume41
Fascículo2
Páginas137-152
Data de publicação2019-03-04
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Higher Education Policy and Management (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1360-080X • E-ISSN: 1469-9508
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1360080x.2019.1565296
OpenAlexW2910213493
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas15
Referências citadas19

This paper reports on research conducted to understand key factors impacting the recruitment and selection of senior academic leaders in Australian universities. A key finding emerging from this research was an increasing reliance on executive search firms when recruiting senior academic leaders. This reliance is driven by a range of factors including an ageing and contracting pool of potential academic leaders, growing competition domestically and internationally and the declining attractiveness of academia as a sustainable career in the context of increased casualisation of the academic workforce. Concurrently, workforce planning and succession planning have not been a high priority for many universities. As a result, Australian universities are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit senior academic leaders without the use of executive search firms. These findings have significant implications for the higher education sector in Australia and warrant further research

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