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French university transformation: The perception of academics
[La transformation de l’université française : La perception des universitaires]

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  • Nino Tandilashvili

    (CEROS - Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur les Organisations et la Stratégie - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre, ISC Paris - Institut Supérieur du Commerce de Paris)

Abstract

Recent socio-technological evolutions have pushed French universities to engage themselves in a global process of reforms aiming at modernization of their management practices. Several studies have demonstrated a conflict between traditional academic values and new principals introduced with the university management reforms. The aim of this research is to highlight the changes experienced by French academics as a result of the transformation of university management. Neoinstitutional theory is used as a framework for thematic analysis of the discourse of academics from three public universities. The results of this study show that coercive and mimetic isomorphism seems to be the main reason of the university transformation, which results in value conflicts and changes in academics' professional identity. However, contrary to the general opinion of French academics, who attribute all their misfortunes to managerialist reforms, the interviewed academics differentiate the sources of experienced evolutions.

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  • Nino Tandilashvili, 2022. "French university transformation: The perception of academics [La transformation de l’université française : La perception des universitaires]," Post-Print hal-04399461, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04399461
    DOI: 10.3917/gmp.101.0055
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