Balancing accountability and trust
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Balancing accountability and trust. / Hansen, Hanne Foss; Geschwind, Lars; Kivisto, Jussi; Pekkola, Elias ; Pinheiro, Romulo; Pulkkinen, Kirsi.
In: Higher Education, Vol. 78, No. 3, 10, 2019, p. 557–573.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Balancing accountability and trust
AU - Hansen, Hanne Foss
AU - Geschwind, Lars
AU - Kivisto, Jussi
AU - Pekkola, Elias
AU - Pinheiro, Romulo
AU - Pulkkinen, Kirsi
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This paper investigates the accountability mechanisms introduced in the universities in the Nordic countries by building on a typology of accountability types. By utilising survey data, it analyses how academics experience the changes in accountability mechanisms and how they perceive the impact of these changes on their performance. The analysis shows that especially political/bureaucratic and managerial accountability demands have been strengthened. This development has fostered debates on how to measure academic performance. Some academics, more in Denmark than in the other countries, have experienced the development as a sign of mistrust.
AB - This paper investigates the accountability mechanisms introduced in the universities in the Nordic countries by building on a typology of accountability types. By utilising survey data, it analyses how academics experience the changes in accountability mechanisms and how they perceive the impact of these changes on their performance. The analysis shows that especially political/bureaucratic and managerial accountability demands have been strengthened. This development has fostered debates on how to measure academic performance. Some academics, more in Denmark than in the other countries, have experienced the development as a sign of mistrust.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - accountability
KW - trust
KW - universities
KW - Nordic countries
KW - performance management
KW - policy reforms
KW - academic perceptions
U2 - 10.1007/s10734-019-0358-2
DO - 10.1007/s10734-019-0358-2
M3 - Journal article
VL - 78
SP - 557
EP - 573
JO - Higher Education
JF - Higher Education
SN - 0018-1560
IS - 3
M1 - 10
ER -
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