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Shams, Farshid; Huisman, Jeroen – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
Past research revealed that International Branch Campuses (IBCs) are simultaneously under two types of isomorphic pressures. On the one hand, they are obliged to conform to the institutions of their host countries, which lead them towards homogenising with the local Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), hence deviate from their parent unit's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Institutional Role, Multicampus Colleges, Colleges
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Edgar, Fiona; Geare, Alan – Studies in Higher Education, 2013
This research extends our understanding of research productivity by examining features of managerial practice and culture within university departments. Adopting a robust comparative research design, capturing both interview and survey data sourced from multiple stakeholders from New Zealand universities, we seek to identify factors associated…
Descriptors: Productivity, Performance Factors, Institutional Research, Interviews
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Kwiek, Marek – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
This paper focuses on a generational change taking place in the Polish academic profession: a change in behaviors and attitudes between two groups of academics. One was socialized to academia under the communist regime (1945-1989) and the other entered the profession in the post-1989 transition period. Academics of all age groups are beginning to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Productivity, Teacher Attitudes, Social Systems