Efficacy and limitations of research steering in different disciplines

Bibliographic Data

ID4097903
AuthorsMarco Seeber (0000-0002-0162-6289, Istituto di Ricerca sulla Crescita Economica Sostenibile, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume38
Issue1
Pages20-38
Publication date2013-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03075079.2011.561308
OpenAlexW2039452442
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited16

Higher education reforms informed by the managerial paradigm aim at increasing the capability of the university leadership to steer research activity, with no substantial variation across the disciplines. However, literature points out the limitations of universities to act as strategic actors, as well as the differences between the disciplines that may influence the efficacy of steering. Evidence from the Dutch and Italian systems shows that reforms improve the steering potential. Overall, steering is more effective in new sciences, while other disciplines remain hardly steerable; thus, the discipline mix appears to influence steering strategy and practice

Discipline · Engineering ethics · Engineering management · Higher education · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Steering committee · Engineering · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Higher Education Governance and Development · Intellectual Capital and Performance Analysis · Psychology

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