Administrators in higher education: organizational expansion in a transforming institution
Administrators in higher education: organizational expansion in a transforming institution
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10.1007/s10734-017-0204-3
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2018-08-01
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Soysal, Yasemin Nuhoglu
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Baltaru, Roxana-Diana;Soysal, Yasemin Nuhoglu
最近的欧洲研究显示，大学不同部门的管理人员和专业人员数量有所增长，这是美国大学长期以来的趋势。我们建立在这项研究的基础上，调查了与11个欧洲国家761所高等教育机构（HEIs）管理人员比例变化相关的因素。我们认为，高等教育使命的拓展和多样化是培育大学专业和管理机构的主要因素之一。我们的研究结果支持这一论断，无论地域和机构的差异，高等院校与高水平的“行政主义”（如在提供服务和外部参与）的特点是行政人员的比例较大。然而，我们发现没有实证支持的论点引用结构性压力和要求高等院校由于更高的学生入学率，预算削减或放松管制的引擎驱动这种变化。相反，我们的研究结果指向，如新制度主义者所认为的那样，正式组织作为制度身份和目的的模型的扩散，这在高水平的外部联系中尤其普遍。
Recent European research has revealed growth in the number of administrators and professionals across different sections of universities-a long established trend in US universities. We build on this research by investigating the factors associated with variation in the proportion of administrators across 761 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in 11 European countries. We argue that the enactment of expanded and diversified missions of HE is one of the main factors nurturing universities' profesional and administrative bodies. Our findings support such an assertion; regardless of geographical and institutional differences, HEIs with high levels of "entrepreneurialism" (e.g. in service provision and external engagement) are characterized by a larger proportion of administrative staff. However, we find no empirical support for arguments citing structural pressures and demands on HEIs due to higher student enrolments, budget cuts or deregulation as engines driving such change. Instead, our results point towards, as argued by neo-institutionalists, the diffusion of formal organization as a model of institutional identity and purpose, which is especially prevalent at high levels of external connectedness.