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Strategic Management of Academic Human Resources: A Comparative Analysis of Flagship Universities in Norway, Finland, Switzerland, and Austria

Strategic Management of Academic Human Resources: A Comparative Analysis of Flagship Universities in Norway, Finland, Switzerland, and Austria
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Author(s): Tatiana Fumasoli (University of Oslo, Norway)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 20
Source title: New Voices in Higher Education Research and Scholarship
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Filipa M. Ribeiro (University of Porto, Portugal), Yurgos Politis (University College Dublin, Ireland)and Bojana Culum (University of Rijeka, Croatia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-7244-4.ch002

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Abstract

This chapter investigates whether and how institutional autonomy enhances strategic management of academic human resources. National regulatory frameworks, available resources, university policies, and practices at the working floor are compared in four European flagship universities. Disciplinary affiliation is taken into consideration through the selection of history and chemistry. The cases reflect different trajectories where substantial changes have been implemented in governance systems when it comes to centralization of decision making, to standardization of procedures, to re-configuration of actors and their room to maneuver. While professorial self-governance in personnel matters remains significant, new boundary conditions constrain substantially choice options in accordance with national, institutional, and disciplinary features. Uncertainty, identity, and flexibility emerge as major dimensions in human resources management, pointing to tensions but also to opportunities for strategic change.

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