Abstract
How do academics make sense of university policies and strategic initiatives and act on them? Interviews were conducted with 27 mid-career academics in different disciplines, different research-intensive university environments and two countries (England and Australia). Data were analysed iteratively utilising a critical realist perspective, specifically, Archer’s modes of reflexivity. The paper argues that individuals’ responses to university policies and initiatives, to changes in policy and policy conflicts can at least partially be understood through interrogating the modes of reflexivity they employ.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 378-389 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 18 May 2017 |
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| Publication status | Published - 4 Jul 2017 |
Keywords
- Academic careers
- academic work
- Institutional change
- quality assurance
- university strategy