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Article: Organisational factors and academic research agendas: an analysis of academics in the social sciences
Title | Organisational factors and academic research agendas: an analysis of academics in the social sciences |
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Keywords | academic research Autonomy collegiality research agendas social sciences |
Issue Date | 2020 |
Publisher | Routledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/03075079.asp |
Citation | Studies in Higher Education, 2020, v. 45 n. 12, p. 2382-2397 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The demands for academic research placed on contemporary universities are closely related to the levels of innovative research they are expected to produce. Concurrently, both governments and university management strive to make the production of academic research more cost-efficient and have implemented measures to ensure this. Top-down policies influenced by the concepts of new public management and managerialism have been introduced, pushing for competitiveness and increased performativity in academic research setups. These policies and guidelines have been criticised by academics as having eroded collegiality and autonomy, which are considered necessary to achieve quality research. The focus of this study is on the social sciences and aligns with this critique, demonstrating that autonomy and collegiality are the key organisational features fostering multidisciplinary, collaborative and riskier research agendas that lead to breakthroughs. Academics with high levels of organisational commitment are more likely to create research agendas that assume more conservative, discipline-bound and risk-averse traits, with less potential to achieve the intended innovative research outcomes. © 2019, © 2019 Society for Research into Higher Education. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/274083 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.7 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.614 |
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dc.contributor.author | Horta, H | - |
dc.contributor.author | Santos, JM | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-08-18T14:54:42Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-08-18T14:54:42Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Studies in Higher Education, 2020, v. 45 n. 12, p. 2382-2397 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0307-5079 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/274083 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The demands for academic research placed on contemporary universities are closely related to the levels of innovative research they are expected to produce. Concurrently, both governments and university management strive to make the production of academic research more cost-efficient and have implemented measures to ensure this. Top-down policies influenced by the concepts of new public management and managerialism have been introduced, pushing for competitiveness and increased performativity in academic research setups. These policies and guidelines have been criticised by academics as having eroded collegiality and autonomy, which are considered necessary to achieve quality research. The focus of this study is on the social sciences and aligns with this critique, demonstrating that autonomy and collegiality are the key organisational features fostering multidisciplinary, collaborative and riskier research agendas that lead to breakthroughs. Academics with high levels of organisational commitment are more likely to create research agendas that assume more conservative, discipline-bound and risk-averse traits, with less potential to achieve the intended innovative research outcomes. © 2019, © 2019 Society for Research into Higher Education. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Routledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/03075079.asp | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Studies in Higher Education | - |
dc.rights | Preprint: This is an Author's Original Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in [JOURNAL TITLE] on [date of publication], available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/[Article DOI]. Postprint: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in [JOURNAL TITLE] on [date of publication], available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/[Article DOI]. | - |
dc.subject | academic research | - |
dc.subject | Autonomy | - |
dc.subject | collegiality | - |
dc.subject | research agendas | - |
dc.subject | social sciences | - |
dc.title | Organisational factors and academic research agendas: an analysis of academics in the social sciences | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Horta, H: horta@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Horta, H=rp01959 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/03075079.2019.1612351 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85065408241 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 302130 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 45 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 12 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 2382 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 2397 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000591417000002 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0307-5079 | - |