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Fostering Academic Citizenship With a Shared Leadership Approach

Fostering Academic Citizenship With a Shared Leadership Approach
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Author(s): Lucas Zinner (University of Vienna, Austria)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 19
Source title: University Governance and Academic Leadership in the EU and China
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Chang Zhu (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)and Merve Zayim-Kurtay (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7441-5.ch007

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Abstract

What type of leadership is the most successful in persuading academics to contribute to the multifaceted mission of modern universities? Recent reforms, in which universities have achieved different levels of institutional autonomy, were accompanied by the establishment of new public management (NPM) methods that allow governments to steer the system more effectively. Central management was strengthened, while values such as collegiality received little attention. The reforms have also fostered an exchange between universities and other actors in terms of networked governance. Using the example of doctoral studies, this chapter shows that there is evidence for both NPM and networked governance. Their perception depends on the role of academics in the reform process and partly undermined the commitment of academics to the system. Thus, to address the modernization of university management while (re-)strengthening the commitment of academics, the chapter proposes a shared leadership model that integrates the emphasis on values and participation to stimulate academic citizenship.

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