Losing autonomy? Restructuring higher education institutions governance and relations between teaching and non-teaching staff
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4098730 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Teresa Carvalho (0000-0002-3368-3990, University of Aveiro), Pedro Videira (0000-0002-8595-9418, CIPES, Matosinhos, Portugal, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 762-773 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-03 |
| 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 | 10.1080/03075079.2017.1401059 |
| OpenAlex | W2770542025 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 30 |
Higher education institutions in Portugal, as in many developed countries, have undergone deep transformations affecting their organisational structures and professionals. These reforms framed by new public management are said to induce changes in the traditional jurisdictional field of the academic profession with the administrative power being transferred to non-teaching staff. The aim of this paper is to contribute to this discussion by analysing the extent to which the academics jurisdictional field has changed and power relations were redefined. Resorting to empirical data obtained through an extensive online survey we analyse professionals’ perceptions on changes in institutional governance and on their professional autonomy and the way this may translate a reconfiguration of power between these professional groups. The empirical findings suggest that professionals perceive changes as affecting negatively their participation in institutions’ decision-making processes but this is not automatically translated in a perceived loss of professional autonomy
Autonomy · Corporate governance · Economics · Empirical research · Higher education · Management · Pedagogy · Political science · Professional development · Public relations · Restructuring · Sociology · Education and Public Policy · Higher Education Governance and Development · Law · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research
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| Unique citing works | 23 |
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| Citations per year | 2,88 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |