Interdisciplinarity in an era of new public management
A Case Study of Graduate Business Schools
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4097067 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Suzanne Ryan (University of Newcastle Australia, corresponding author), Ruth Neumann (Macquarie University) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 192-206 |
| Publication date | 2013-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03075079.2011.571669 |
| OpenAlex | W1974033400 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 35 |
In an era of rapid knowledge transmission and creation spurred on by advances in technology and globalisation, calls for interdisciplinarity to solve ‘wicked’ problems are common. In the same era, universities are increasingly adopting new public management practices. The extent to which these practices affect knowledge production is an underexplored area. Results from a longitudinal study of Australian graduate business school academics are used to examine the impact of government policy and institutional change on engagement in interdisciplinary teaching and research. While disciplinary identity is a common barrier to interdisciplinarity, the nature and culture of graduate business schools were potentially able to overcome this barrier. However, the introduction of a national research measurement exercise and a concomitant strengthening of new public management practices, with subsequent institutional restructuring, revived disciplinary silos. The case study has particular relevance to universities in other countries where new public management is established
Business education · Engineering ethics · Graduate students · Higher education · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Engineering · Higher Education Governance and Development · Management and Organizational Studies · University-Industry-Government Innovation Models
Higher Education Management
The Higher Education System
From Higher Aims to Hired Hands
Bad Management Theories Are Destroying Good Management Practices
The End of Business Schools? Less Success Than Meets the Eye
Relationships between subject matter characteristics and the structure and output of university departments.
The characteristics of subject matter in different academic areas.
Dynamics of National and Global Competition in Higher Education
The Knowledge Worker, the Manager‐academic and the Contemporary UK University
Management and business studies
Neoliberalism, higher education and the knowledge economy
The future of the business school
New managerialism' and higher education
Younger academics' constructions of 'authenticity', 'success' and professional identity
Teaching and Learning in their Disciplinary Contexts
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |