A Lewinian Approach to Managing Barriers to University-Industry Collaboration.

Autor/inn/en	Bjursell, Cecilia; Engström, Annika
Titel	A Lewinian Approach to Managing Barriers to University-Industry Collaboration.
Quelle	In: Higher education policy, 32 (2019) 1, S. 129-148Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	deutsch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0952-8733; 1740-3863
DOI	10.1057/s41307-017-0074-4
Schlagwörter	Wirtschaft; Hochschule
Abstract	Calls are made by governments, university management and industry to increase university-industry (U-I) collaboration to find solutions for societal and economic problems that are too complex to be tackled within one sector alone. Researchers are often expected to realise these ideas, but when it comes to everyday research and knowledge development, individuals may encounter barriers to accomplishing this. The paper presents an empirical study of researchers' view on U-I collaboration. Our focus in the analysis, inspired by the Lewinian field theory, is on the hindering forces that might create barriers to collaboration from a researcher's perspective. Contrary to the previously used approaches taken in force field analysis, we perform a qualitative study, which might be better suited for this framework. In the literature on U-I collaboration, 'orientation-related' and 'transaction-related' barriers have been identified. In our analysis, we discuss hindering forces on the individual, intra- and interorganisational levels. In total, we find 18 key areas to identify possible hinders for collaboration and based on a Lewinian perspective, we suggest that removing hindering forces can benefit U-I collaboration. The paper recognises the need to regard universities as equal partners in U-I collaboration for sustainable knowledge production. (HRK / Abstract übernommen).
Erfasst von	Hochschulrektorenkonferenz, Bonn
Update	2019/3