Organisational Factors and Academic Research Agendas: An Analysis of Academics in the Social Sciences

Autor/inn/en	Horta, Hugo; Santos, João M.
Titel	Organisational Factors and Academic Research Agendas: An Analysis of Academics in the Social Sciences
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 45 (2020) 12, S.2382-2397 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Horta, Hugo) ORCID (Santos, João M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2019.1612351
Schlagwörter	Educational Research; Social Sciences; Social Science Research; College Faculty; Teacher Researchers; Professional Autonomy; Collegiality; Research Needs; Interdisciplinary Approach; Innovation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Social science; Sozialwissenschaften; Gesellschaftswissenschaften; Social scientific research; Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung; Fakultät; Lehrerforschung; Berufsfreiheit; Kollegialität; Forschungsbedarf; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität
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. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01