The UK higher education senior management survey: a statactivist response to managerialist governance. Issue 11 (2nd November 2021)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- The UK higher education senior management survey: a statactivist response to managerialist governance. Issue 11 (2nd November 2021)
- Main Title:
- The UK higher education senior management survey: a statactivist response to managerialist governance
- Authors:
- Erickson, Mark
Hanna, Paul
Walker, Carl - Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: In this paper, we present results from an extensive survey of United Kingdom (UK) university academics investigating satisfaction with senior managers and university governance: the Senior Management Survey (SMS). In total, 5888 academic staff across the United Kingdom Higher Education (HE) sector completed the survey, and results were used to construct a league table of staff satisfaction with management. This table is a stark indictment of the current state of the UK HE sector, showing a mean satisfaction score of 10.54%. The SMS also collected qualitative data, and we extend the league table's insights using these data. Thematic analysis revealed seven major themes: the dominance and brutality of metrics; excessive workload; governance and accountability; perpetual change; vanity projects; the silenced academic; work and mental health. We conclude with a discussion of how this statactivist research can be used to bring about change in management and governance of UK HE.
- Is Part Of:
- Studies in higher education. Volume 46:Issue 11(2021)
- Journal:
- Studies in higher education
- Issue:
- Volume 46:Issue 11(2021)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 46, Issue 11 (2021)
- Year:
- 2021
- Volume:
- 46
- Issue:
- 11
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2021-0046-0011-0000
- Page Start:
- 2134
- Page End:
- 2151
- Publication Date:
- 2021-11-02
- Subjects:
- Higher education -- higher education management -- academic labour process -- statactivism -- mental health -- staff satisfaction
Education, Higher -- Periodicals
378.005 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/03075079.asp ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cshe20/current ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/03075079.2020.1712693 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0307-5079
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