Academic Zombies: A Failure of Resistance or a Means of Survival?

Autor/in	Ryan, Suzanne
Titel	Academic Zombies: A Failure of Resistance or a Means of Survival?
Quelle	In: Australian Universities' Review, 54 (2012) 2, S.3-11 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0818-8068
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Figurative Language; Foreign Countries; Educational Policy; Resistance (Psychology); Change Strategies; Educational Change; Governance; Faculty Workload; Accountability; Educational Development; Performance Factors; Organizational Climate; Organizational Culture; Organizational Theories; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ausland; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Resistenz; Lösungsstrategie; Bildungsreform; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Finanzierung; Verantwortung; Bildungsentwicklung; Leistungsindikator; Organisationsklima; Unternehmenskultur; Organisationstheorie; Australien
Abstract	Successive waves of neoliberal reforms to higher education have taken their toll on the academy. This paper uses the zombie metaphor to discuss the causes and consequences of organisational change on Australian academics as a background to exploring zombiefication as a form of passive resistance and survival. The paper uses the literature and empirical research to chronicle the disintegration of the academic workforce and with it, the idea of a university as a social institution. The paper concludes with the author's reflection of her own desire to be emancipated from zombiedom. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10