ERIC Number: EJ1016302
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Sep
Pages: 23
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All in This Together? HRM and the Individualisation of the Academic Worker
Waring, Matthew
Higher Education Policy, v26 n3 p397-419 Sep 2013
In the context of neoliberal government policymaking in the UK, universities have become increasingly managerial in their approach. Growing market pressures and a commodification of higher education (HE) has had a significant effect on the work of academics, as producers and providers of HE. Human Resource Management -- a management tool that focuses on individual performance -- has increasingly been deployed in universities to monitor and direct the work of academics with the aim of ensuring consistency in their standards of educational delivery. This paper considers the impact of such an approach and draws on the results of a case study that investigated the deployment of HRM in three English universities. Although variable in its impact, the use of HRM raises serious questions concerning academic freedom, autonomy and identity.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Policy, Academic Freedom, Educational Change, Business, Educational Administration, Human Resources, College Faculty, Professional Autonomy, Standards, Universities, Case Studies, Professional Identity, Neoliberalism, Performance Based Assessment
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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