Practices and discourses of academics : Local lessons to address the digital shift in academic management
Fardella, Carla (Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (Veneçuela))
Baleriola Escudero, Enrique (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Centro de Investigación para la Educación Inclusiva)
Enciso Domínguez, Giazú (City University of New York)

Date:	2020
Description:	15 pàg.
Abstract:	Since the 1980s, accountability, performance measurement and competitiveness have been implemented in universities globally. It is the management logic known as New Public Management (NPM). But the NPM in contemporary academia is not understood without attending to the emergence of digital management devices and platforms (DMDs). It is the combination of both events that we have called the digital turn in university management. The implementation of DMDs is not a homogeneous and fully satisfactory process but is loaded with attempts, fails, and failures that need the voice of academics to be understood in its extension. This article presents the results of 40 interviews with academics about their experience and engagement with DMDs. The results point to the existence of at least three repertoires: 1) device-lover, 2) functionalpragmatic and 3) oppositionist-rejector. Together, these results point out that, on one hand, both the experience and the identity of the academic; and on the other hand, the relationship with the institutional context; both are the key to the successful implementation of the DMDs.
Note:	Enrique Baleriola Escudero és professor del Departament de Psicologia Social de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Academic Management ; Accountability ; Digital devices ; Discourse analysis ; Higher Education
Published in:	Digital education review, Núm. 37 (Juny 2020) , p. 64-78, ISSN 2013-9144

DOI: 10.1344/DER.2020.37.64-78

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