Sub-theme 53: Power over Modern Universities

Convenors:
Lars Engwall, Dept. of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden
Christine Musselin, Center for the Sociology of Organizations, Sciences Po and CNRS, Paris, France
Francisco O. Ramirez, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University, Palo Alto, USA
Session I: Thursday, July 07, 11:00 to 12:30, T1
(1) Introduction to the sub-theme / (2) Performance Appraisals
Chair: Lars Engwall
Jürgen Enders and Rajani Naidoo
Institutional change and power in higher education: The rise of the market-audit logics
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Rick Vogel
Fabian W. Hattke and Rick Vogel
Performance indicators in academic research: Do they improve performance?
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Uwe Wilkesmann
Sabine Lauer, Alfredo Virgillito, Uwe Wilkesmann and Christian Johann Schmid
In search of a 'powerful' governance to enhance individual teaching performance at German universities. A comparison of selected teaching-awarded and 'not-awarded' universities
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Jürgen Enders
Session II: Thursday, July 07, 14:00 to 15:30, T1
Regulation
Chair: Christine Musselin
Davide Donina, Sofia Bruckmann and Stefano Paleari
Convergence or divergence in university institutional governance reforms? Comparing Napoleonic states
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Nicoline Frølich
Behlül Üsdiken and Deniz KAntur
Law and organizations: Responses by Turkish universities to a draft Higher Education Act
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Igor Chirikov
Nicoline Frølich and Bjørn Stensaker
State power and university autonomy: Analyzing the role of internal governance modes
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Davide Donina
Igor Chirikov
The myth of global competition: How the state is transforming Russian flagship universities
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Behlül Üsdiken
Session III: Thursday, July 07, 16:00 to 17:30, T1
Management of HEIs I
Chair: Francisco Ramirez
Timo Aarrevaara, Rómulo Pinheiro, Lars Geschwind, Hanne Foss Hansen and Elias Pekkola
Stakeholder salience, leadership and power relations in Nordic academe: Towards a new normal?
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Jørn Nielsen
Hee Jin Cho, Hokyu Hwang, Bokyoung Kim and Yong Suk Jang
Empowered universities: The institutionalization of formal vision statements among Korean universities
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Stéphanie Mignot-Gerard
Jørn Flohr Nielsen, Pernille Smith and Lise Degn
Failing organizational centralization – A process of shifting dominant institutional logics?
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Bokyoung Kim
Session IV: Friday, July 08, 09:00 to 10:30, T1
Management of HEIs II
Chair: Lars Engwall
Simon Oertel
Structure determined by imprinting: The diffusion of diversity management in German universities
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Mikhail Sokolov
Kim Soin, Christian Huber, Ingerid Sorgaard and Sharon Wheatley
Risk as a mode of organizing
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Marek Kwiek
Mikhail M. Sokolov
Voice and exit sources of academic power in Russia
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Simon Oertel
Session V: Friday, July 08, 14:00 to 15:30, T1
Governance Models
Chair: Christine Musselin
Hendrik Woiwode, Jetta Frost and Fabian W. Hattke
Governance and leadership in universities: Taken-for-granted practices and hidden tactics
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Louis-François Brodeur
Anne Rivière and Marie Boitier
Waves of change, power relations and conflicting logics in universities: A managerial model between ebb and flow?
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Lene Foss
Lene Foss, David V. Gibson and Tim Vorley
Where does the power reside? An exploratory study of institutionalizing universities third mission through an entrepreneurial architecture
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Jetta Frost
Louis-François Brodeur
Academic freedom: A situated perspective
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Anne Rivière
Session VI: Saturday, July 09, 09:00 to 10:30, T1
Stakeholders
Chair: Francisco Ramirez
Uwe Wilkesmann
Are different power relations from the environment handed down within the organizations of universities and give rise to corresponding governance structures?
Presenter(s)Discussant(s): Liudvika Leisyte
Noomi Weinryb, Maria Blomgren and Linda Wedlin
Beyond the public/private divide – A comparative study of civil society research funders
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Jean-Christophe Bianic
Frédérique Alexandre-Bailly and Jean-Christophe Bianic
Denying the right to impose a single-strand logic change: Students' political reaction to a change in their curriculum
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Uwe Wilkesmann
Liudvika Leišyte
Stability and change in power relations at Dutch universities
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Noomi Weinryb
Session VII: Saturday, July 09, 11:00 to 12:30, T1
Selection
Chair: Lars Engwall
Adi Sapir and Amalya L. Oliver
Loose coupling, conflict and resistance: The case of IPR policy conflict in an Israeli university
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Çetin Önder
Selin Erdil and Çetin Önder
Opportunities and opportunism: Publication outlet selection under pressure to increase research productivity
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Jessica Petersen
Jessica Petersen
How innovative are editors? Evidence across journals and disciplines
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Fabian Hattke
Concluding discussion