Does It Really Matter?: Assessing the Performance Effects of Changes in Leadership and Management Structures in Nordic Higher Education

Kirsi Pulkkinen; Timo Aarrevaara; Laila Nordstrand Berg; Lars Geschwind; Hanne Foss Hansen; Helge Hernes; Jussi Kivistö; Jonas Krog Lind; Anu Lyytinen; Elias Pekkola; Rómulo Pinheiro; Bjørn Stensaker; Johan Söderlind

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-11738-2_1

Does It Really Matter? Assessing the Performance Effects of Changes in Leadership and Management Structures in Nordic Higher Education

Kirsi Pulkkinen, Timo Aarrevaara, Laila Nordstrand Berg, Lars Geschwind, Hanne Foss Hansen, Helge Hernes, Jussi Kivistö, Jonas Krog Lind, Anu Lyytinen, Elias Pekkola, Rómulo Pinheiro, Bjørn Stensaker, Johan Söderlind

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Abstract

Universities are public organisations, which operate in a highly institutionalised environment. They are heavily dependent on public resources. As such, universities are susceptible to shifts in governance arrangements but are also far from being passive recipients of reform agendas. They face demands from multiple internal constituencies (academics, administrators, students, managers) and from a variety of external stakeholders. This chapter explores the interplay between governance arrangements resulting from policy shifts and university dynamics. It sets the stage for the book, asking the following research questions: (1) what characterises changes in governance regimes in Nordic universities in the last decade and a half, and (2) what effects have these changes had in the evolution of higher education systems? The chapter takes a comparative approach and identifies similarities and differences across the Nordic countries. This chapter serves as a frame of reference for the book and includes a common methods and data section.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Reforms, Organizational Change and Performance in Higher Education
Subtitle of host publication	A Comparative Account from the Nordic Countries
Editors	Rómulo Pinheiro, Lars Geschwind, Hanne Foss Hansen, Kirsi Pulkkinen
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	1
Pages	3-36
Number of pages	34
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-11738-2
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-11737-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11738-2_1
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2019
MoEC publication type	A3 Part of a book or another research book

Keywords

Adaptation
Mixed methods
Strategic actorhood
University governance

Field of science

Administrative science
General education

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Pulkkinen, K., Aarrevaara, T., Nordstrand Berg, L., Geschwind, L., Foss Hansen, H., Hernes, H., Kivistö, J., Krog Lind, J., Lyytinen, A., Pekkola, E., Pinheiro, R., Stensaker, B., & Söderlind, J. (2019). Does It Really Matter? Assessing the Performance Effects of Changes in Leadership and Management Structures in Nordic Higher Education. In R. Pinheiro, L. Geschwind, H. Foss Hansen, & K. Pulkkinen (Eds.), Reforms, Organizational Change and Performance in Higher Education: A Comparative Account from the Nordic Countries (pp. 3-36). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11738-2_1

Pulkkinen, Kirsi ; Aarrevaara, Timo ; Nordstrand Berg, Laila et al. / Does It Really Matter? Assessing the Performance Effects of Changes in Leadership and Management Structures in Nordic Higher Education. Reforms, Organizational Change and Performance in Higher Education: A Comparative Account from the Nordic Countries. editor / Rómulo Pinheiro ; Lars Geschwind ; Hanne Foss Hansen ; Kirsi Pulkkinen. Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. pp. 3-36

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Pulkkinen K, Aarrevaara T, Nordstrand Berg L, Geschwind L, Foss Hansen H, Hernes H et al. Does It Really Matter? Assessing the Performance Effects of Changes in Leadership and Management Structures in Nordic Higher Education. In Pinheiro R, Geschwind L, Foss Hansen H, Pulkkinen K, editors, Reforms, Organizational Change and Performance in Higher Education: A Comparative Account from the Nordic Countries. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. 2019. p. 3-36 doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-11738-2_1