Contradictions in a Community of Scholars: The Cohesion-Accuracy Tradeoff.

Weick, Karl E.

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Publication Date: 1983

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Contradictions in a Community of Scholars: The Cohesion-Accuracy Tradeoff.

Weick, Karl E.

Review of Higher Education, v6 n4 p253-67 Sum 1983

The phrase "community of scholars" contains a contradiction. Actions that strengthen the community weaken the scholarship and actions that strengthen the scholarship weaken the community. Continuing tradeoffs between community and scholarship produce many of the unique organizational properties that universities exhibit. (Author/MLW)

Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Community, Departments, Higher Education, Organizational Climate, Scholarship, School Organization, Social Behavior, Universities

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Language: English

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