1st Edition
Reconstructing Relationships in Higher Education Challenging Agendas
206 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
206 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
206 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Drawing on two international research projects, Reconstructing Relationships in Higher Education: Challenging Agendas looks behind formal organisational structures and workforce patterns to consider the significance of relationships, particularly at local and informal levels, for the aspirations and motivations of academic faculty. In practice, and day-to-day, such relationships can overlay... Read more
Preface Part 1 Structures 1 Introduction 2 Organisational frameworks Part 2 Workplace relationships 3 Working relationships 4 Individual responses 5 The role of middle managers Part 3 Towards a constructive alignment 6 Emergent practices – bottom up 7 Emergent practices – top down 8 Reconstructing relationships 9 Conclusions References Appendix 1 Details of the two studies
Biography
George Gordon is Emeritus Professor, University of Strathclyde and Honorary Research Fellow, University of Durham.
Celia Whitchurch is Senior Lecturer in Higher Education, University of London Institute of Education
