The UK Higher Education Senior Management Survey: A Statactivist Response to Managerialist Governance

Autor/inn/en	Erickson, Mark; Hanna, Paul; Walker, Carl
Titel	The UK Higher Education Senior Management Survey: A Statactivist Response to Managerialist Governance
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 46 (2021) 11, S.2134-2151 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Erickson, Mark)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2020.1712693
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; College Administration; College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; Governance; Faculty Workload; Work Environment; Accountability; Organizational Change; Mental Health; Professional Autonomy; Foreign Countries; Teacher Surveys; Job Satisfaction; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Arbeitsmilieu; Verantwortung; Organisationswandel; Psychohygiene; Berufsfreiheit; Ausland; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Großbritannien
Abstract	In this paper, we present results from an extensive survey of United Kingdom (UK) university academics investigating satisfaction with senior managers and university governance: the Senior Management Survey (SMS). In total, 5888 academic staff across the United Kingdom Higher Education (HE) sector completed the survey, and results were used to construct a league table of staff satisfaction with management. This table is a stark indictment of the current state of the UK HE sector, showing a mean satisfaction score of 10.54%. The SMS also collected qualitative data, and we extend the league table's insights using these data. Thematic analysis revealed seven major themes: the dominance and brutality of metrics; excessive workload; governance and accountability; perpetual change; vanity projects; the silenced academic; work and mental health. We conclude with a discussion of how this statactivist research can be used to bring about change in management and governance of UK HE. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01