Index

Theory and Method in Higher Education Research

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(2017), "Index", Theory and Method in Higher Education Research (Theory and Method in Higher Education Research, Vol. 3), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 267-276. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2056-375220170000003016

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INDEX

Abbott’s theory
, 62–63

Academic analytics
, 159, 160

Academic Profession in Europe: Responses to Societal Challenges (EUROAC)
, 60, 65, 66

Academic(s)
, 70

capitalism
, 25–27, 28, 180, 181

community
, 27, 67–68, 199, 211, 213

freedom
, 186, 190, 192

Humboldtian perspective
, 69

Larson’s perspective
, 68

from medical sciences
, 70

profession
, 60–61, 67–68

changing
, 64–67

diversity and fragmentation of academic profession
, 68–72

sociology of professions as academic field
, 61–64

Agency theory
, 78

AIR. See Association for Institutional Research (AIR)

American Productivity and Quality Center (APQC)
, 163

advancement levels in
, 171

Analytical intelligence
, 158

AoIR. See Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)

Appointment procedures
, 45

function
, 51

for professorships
, 45–46

configuring professorship
, 46

negotiating resources and wages
, 47

selecting candidate
, 46

social dimension of
, 47

types of criteria in
, 52

Approaches to learning in workplace
, 249–250

Approaches to Studying Inventory (ASI)
, 249

Approaches to Work Questionnaire (AWQ)
, 249–250

canonical correlation analysis
, 254, 258, 259

confirmatory factor analysis
, 253

correlation coefficients between respondents’ scale scores on
, 258

descriptive statistics for respondents’ scale scores on
, 258

online survey
, 252

standardized regression coefficients
, 260, 261

APQC. See American Productivity and Quality Center (APQC)

ASI. See Approaches to Studying Inventory (ASI)

Association for Institutional Research (AIR)
, 157

Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)
, 201

AWQ. See Approaches to Work Questionnaire (AWQ)

Bernstein’s theories
, 142

Bildung
, 146–147

Bildung-Didaktik tradition
, 146

Bounded rationality
, 128–130

Branding
, 108–109

Bureaucracy-professionalism in research universities
, 27

Canadian Institutional Research and Planning Association (CIRPA)
, 157

Canonical correlation analysis
, 254, 258–259

CAP. See Changes in Academic Profession (CAP)

Capitalism
, 184, 189

academic
, 25–27, 28, 180, 181

Carnegie study
, 65

CEQ. See Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQ)

CFI. See Comparative fit index (CFI)

Changes in Academic Profession (CAP)
, 60, 64–66

CIRPA. See Canadian Institutional Research and Planning Association (CIRPA)

Co-evolution
, 123

Cognitive dimension
, 82

Collective consumption goods
, 23

College admissions
, 205

Commitment to relativism
, 81

Commodification
, 180

differentiated market university
, 183, 187

from capital’s differentiation
, 183–185

to universities’ differentiation
, 185–192

university
, 181–183

Communication
, 10, 41

channels
, 42, 43

online
, 199

scientific
, 55

use of information
, 90

Comparative fit index (CFI)
, 253

Competencies
, 163

competency-based curriculum thinking
, 145

fictitious results for development
, 175

Complex theory

for higher education systems
, 121–124

systems theory
, 121, 123

Complexity
, 121

external
, 122

internal
, 122

theory
, 122

Conditional programs
, 43

Constant management
, 212

Constitution of values
, 51

Contemporary higher education research and practice

critical curriculum theories
, 146–148

critical realist perspective on curriculum theories
, 139–141

debates on curriculum theories
, 148–149

nature of normative curriculum theories
, 143–145

rethinking divide between normative and critical curriculum theories
, 149–151

shaping of curriculum theories and higher education
, 141–143

Contextual intelligence
, 158, 173

Contingency theory
, 78

Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQ)
, 249

Crip theory
, 229, 230–231

Critical approach
, 142–143, 147, 153, 229

Critical curriculum theories
, 146–151

Critical realist perspective on curriculum theories
, 139–141

Critics of functionalism (1960–1970)
, 61–62

Cross-situational consistency
, 6

Cultural dimension of disability
, 236–238

Curriculum theories
, 139

critical realist perspective on
, 139–141

debates on
, 148–149

in higher education
, 139

shaping of, and higher education
, 141–143

Cyber-ethnography
, 198

Data mining
, 201

d/Deaf culture
, 236, 237

Decision programs
, 41

Decision-making procedures
, 43

Decoupling
, 110, 111, 112, 129–131

Delphi approach
, 157, 174

Denomination
, 46, 49

Diagnostic dimension of disability
, 232–233

Dialectical operations
, 84

Differentiated Market university
, 183, 187

from capital’s differentiation
, 183–185

to universities’ differentiation
, 185–192

Digital ethnography
, 198

Disability
, 228

crip theory
, 230–231

cultural dimension
, 236–238

diagnostic dimension
, 232–233

disability-as-identity
, 231

economic manifestation
, 235–236

environmental dimension
, 234–235

identity
, 228

as intersectional social identity
, 238

legal manifestation
, 233–234

medical manifestation
, 232

queer theory
, 230–231

stigma
, 235

theoretical borderlands
, 229–230

theoretical lenses
, 229

Disidentification
, 230–231

Diversity
, 128

of academic profession
, 68–72

response and functional
, 130

Dualism
, 81

ECAR. See EDUCAUSE Center for Analytics and Research (ECAR)

Economic manifestation of disability
, 235–236

eDelphi method
, 174

Educational psychology
, 142

EDUCAUSE Center for Analytics and Research (ECAR)
, 160

Emotions
, 48

Empiricism
, 140

Enhanced capital enterprises
, 180, 184, 191

‘Enterprises’ typology
, 180

Environmental dimension of disability
, 234–235

Epistemological theory
, 140–141

Epistemology
, 82

ESF. See European Science Foundation (ESF)

Essentialist and criterion-referenced vision
, 103

Ethical review board. See Institutional review board (IRB)

Ethnography
, 204

See also Virtual ethnography

EUROAC. See Academic Profession in Europe: Responses to Societal Challenges (EUROAC)

EuroHESC
, 65

European Science Foundation (ESF)
, 65

Evaluation procedures
, 40, 53, 55

Evaluation-based decision-making procedures

dimensions
, 44

matter-of-fact dimension
, 50–54

social dimension
, 47–50

temporal dimension
, 45–47

organizational decision-making procedures
, 43–44

universities as formal organizations
, 41–43

Exogenous conditions
, 127

Exploratory factor analysis
, 254

External complexity
, 122

Flexible governance
, 25, 26, 28–29

Formal learning
, 248

See also Informal learning

Formal organizations, universities as
, 41–43

Formal power
, 48

Formal structures
, 41, 42, 44

Fragmentation of academic profession
, 68–72

“Freigabeantrag”
, 46

Functional and strategic definition
, 103

Functionalism and symbolic interactionism, (1930–1960)
, 61

Functionalist approach
, 61

Generative strategies
, 13, 14

German higher education, developments in
, 8–9

German universities, phases of appointment procedures for professorships in
, 49–50

Global public goods
, 24

Global value chain
, 184

Goal programs
, 43

Goodness-of-fit index (GFI)
, 253

HE. See Higher education (HE)

Hierarchical influence
, 50

Hierarchy
, 42

Higher education (HE)
, 2, 24, 78–79, 199, 200, 205

approaches to studying in
, 249

developments in German HE
, 8–9

governance reform models
, 25

institutions
, 158–159

networks
, 219, 220, 221–222

network paradigm and
, 222

NPM development in
, 26

academic capitalism
, 26–27

managerialism
, 26

organizations
, 78

possibility of classification
, 66

potentials and limitations of qualitative and quantitative studies
, 3–6

research
, 138, 156

organizational wisdom through
, 92–93

scholars
, 139

scholarship
, 92

sector
, 22

shaping of curriculum theories and
, 141–143

in society
, 138

systems
, 120

complex theory for
, 121–124

Holistic individual developmental theories
, 84

Horizontal differentiation
, 120, 124, 132

Humboldtian model
, 190

Identity

disability as intersectional social
, 238

disability-as-identity
, 231

identity-building process
, 102

negotiations
, 107–108

neo-institutional definition
, 109

social identity
, 238

See also Organizational identity

Image
, 105–106

organizational
, 101

production
, 110

Individuality
, 146

Individualized Education Programs
, 234–235

Informal learning
, 248–249

approaches

to learning in workplace
, 249–250

to studying in higher education
, 249

to workplace learning
, 250–251

canonical correlation analysis
, 254, 258–259

confirmatory factor analysis
, 253–254

exploratory factor analysis
, 254

online survey
, 251–253

path analysis
, 259–262

pattern factor matrix

for approaches to work questionnaire
, 255–256

for workplace climate questionnaire
, 257

perceptions of workplace climate
, 250–251

psychometric properties
, 253

Informal power
, 48

Informal structures
, 41

Information
, 81, 208

management and developmental models for IR
, 158–161

quality
, 162

use
, 90, 162

Information technology (IT)
, 159

Innovation circuits
, 185

Input-oriented conditional programs
, 41–42

Institutional research (IR)
, 156

application of framework to measuring development
, 174–176

developmental framework for
, 156

framework validation
, 174

information management and developmental models for
, 158–161

new knowledge management framework for IR
, 161–173

purpose of
, 157–158

validation process for framework elements
, 157

See also Mixed-methods research (MMR)

Institutional review board (IRB)
, 200, 210, 211

Institutional/institutionalism
, 123

change
, 100, 107

environment
, 110

logics
, 109

positioning
, 109–111

process
, 88

and relational nature
, 100, 103

theory
, 78

Integration

process of MMR
, 13

strategies
, 7

Internal complexity
, 122

Internationalization
, 69–70

Interpersonal dimension
, 82

Intersectional social identity, disability as
, 238

Interview-based research
, 249

IR. See Institutional research (IR)

IRB. See Institutional review board (IRB)

Issues intelligence
, 158, 173

IT. See Information technology (IT)

Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, The
, 146

Knowledge
, 48

Knowledge management framework for IR
, 161, 162

APQC
, 163

levels of advancement
, 171

assessment of competency development
, 173

competencies and validation ratings
, 169–170

descriptive statements

levels of development and
, 172

for resource organizational culture
, 173

dimension and elements
, 163

resources and relationship to IR’s mission
, 162

validation ratings

functions and
, 166

organizational sectors and
, 164–165

resources and
, 167–168

Larson’s perspective
, 68

Learning organization
, 28–29

Legal manifestation of disability
, 233–234

“Loosely Coupled System” to organizational actor
, 111–112

Luhmann’s systems theory
, 41

Managerialism
, 25–28, 60, 63, 64, 107, 125, 128

Matter-of-fact dimension
, 44, 50–54

“Maturity” models
, 159

Meaning-making

components for organizational systems
, 86

as outcome
, 82–83

processes
, 82

systems for individuals
, 81

Medical manifestation of disability
, 232

Meta-inferences

creation
, 12

data collection
, 12–13

first findings
, 14–15

integration strategies
, 13–14

integration or creation
, 7

Mirroring process
, 102, 104

image
, 105–106

“Mission creep”
, 203

Mixed methods

data analysis techniques
, 7

example study
, 8–9

Mixed-methods research (MMR)
, 3, 6–8

creating meta-inferences
, 12–15

mixed-methods example study
, 8–9

potentials and limitations of qualitative and quantitative studies
, 3–6

theoretical framework and research design
, 9–12

See also Institutional research (IR)

MMR. See Mixed-methods research (MMR)

Money
, 48

“Multi-cephalous”
, 86

Mutual influence
, 47–48

Mutual negotiation
, 49

Mutual observation
, 47–48

National Innovation System
, 180

National University of Singapore (NUS)
, 192

Neo-institutional literature
, 100

Neoliberal university
, 22–24, 25

Network

antecedents
, 220–222

approach
, 217

characteristics
, 218–219

consequences
, 220

governance
, 29–30

and higher education studies
, 222

paradigm
, 218

social network analysis
, 215–216

New public governance (NPG)
, 30–31

New public management (NPM)
, 21–22, 158–159

development in HE
, 26–27

models of higher education governance reform
, 25

and neoliberal university
, 22–24

organizing universities to reacting to
, 28

flexible governance
, 28–29

learning organization
, 28–29

shared governance
, 28

skepticism toward
, 24

stakeholders
, 29–32

Niche
, 120, 123, 125, 132

Non-linearity
, 123

Normative curriculum theory
, 143–145, 149–151

NPG. See New public governance (NPG)

NPM. See New public management (NPM)

NUS. See National University of Singapore (NUS)

Ontological theory
, 140–141

Open University
, 251

Operationalization
, 53, 161

Organizational branding
, 101

Organizational capacity
, 160

Organizational change
, 107

Organizational culture
, 43–44, 101, 102

descriptive statements for resource
, 173

Organizational decision-making procedures
, 40, 43–44

Organizational identity
, 100, 101

further research
, 113–115

method
, 101–102

typology of studies
, 102, 104

branding
, 108–109

identity negotiations
, 107–108

image
, 105–106

institutional logics
, 109

institutional positioning
, 109–111

sensemaking
, 106–107

of universities
, 101

identity work
, 112–113

organizations
, 111–112

Organizational image
, 101

Organizational learning
, 78

Organizational reputation
, 101

Organizational sagas
, 101

Organizational structures
, 42

Organizational systems, components of meaning-making for
, 86

Organizational theories
, 78

Organizational wisdom
, 88–92

through higher education research
, 92–93

Output-oriented goal programs
, 41–42

Passive management
, 212

Path analysis
, 259–262

Pattern factor matrix

for approaches to work questionnaire
, 255–256

for workplace climate questionnaire
, 257

Personnel for organizational decisions
, 42

Policy and higher education systems
, 121–122

Polyarchy
, 50

Population ecology
, 78

Post-NPM paradigms
, 24

Practical political acumen
, 89

Pragmatism
, 140

Principal axis factoring
, 254

Procedural history
, 45

Production subsystem
, 184

Profession
, 67–68

Professionalization

process
, 62

prototype of professional
, 61

Professorships, appointment procedures for
, 45–46

configuring professorship
, 46

negotiating resources and wages
, 47

profile and equipment of professorship
, 46

selecting candidate
, 46

Public policy
, 30–31

Public value paradigm
, 31–32

Qualitative criteria
, 52

Qualitative research
, 4, 5, 8

Quantitative criteria
, 52

Quantitative research
, 4, 5, 6, 8

Queer theory
, 229, 230–231

Questioning professions and professionalism (1990)
, 63–64

Rating system
, 100

Reflecting process
, 102, 104

sensemaking
, 106–107

Relativism
, 81

Reputation
, 49, 101, 105, 182

organizational
, 101

Requisite variety
, 126, 128–129, 131

Research methods in terms of practice and policy
, 148–149

Resilience
, 124, 126

Resilient university
, 126

decoupling
, 129–131

requisite variety
, 128–129

slack
, 126–128

Resource dependence
, 78

RMSEA. See Root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA)

“Robustness”
, 132

Root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA)
, 253

Schimank’s theory of social interaction
, 47–48

Scopus search algorithm
, 101

Selection committees
, 46–47, 54

Selection criteria
, 51, 52

Self-authorship

developmental process
, 82

dimensions
, 84–85, 89

Self-expression process
, 102, 104

Self-organization
, 123

Self-presentation process
, 102, 104

branding
, 108–109

Sensemaking
, 106–107

Sequential decision-making
, 50

Shared governance
, 28

Simple capital enterprises
, 180, 184

Slack
, 126–128

Social actor conception of organization
, 87–88

Social capital
, 48–49

Social dimension
, 44, 47–50

Social identity
, 238

Social institution of higher education
, 80

Social interaction, Schimank’s theory of
, 47–48

Social media
, 199–200, 204, 205–206

Social network
, 220–221

analysis
, 215–216

Social responsibility, organizing for

acting for social responsibility
, 88–92

components of meaning-making for organizational systems
, 86

higher education
, 78–79

meaning-making as outcome
, 82–83

organizational wisdom through higher education research
, 92–93

social actor conception of organizing
, 87–88

systems of meaning-making for individuals
, 81

wisdom
, 84–86

“Social Sciences” discipline
, 101

Social scientific phenomena
, 120

Social unobtrusiveness
, 90

Sociology

of education
, 142

of professions
, 60–61

as academic field
, 61

critics of functionalism
, 61–62

functionalism and symbolic interactionism
, 61

questioning professions and professionalism
, 63–64

systemic perspective
, 62–63

SPQ. See Study Process Questionnaire (SPQ)

Stakeholders
, 29, 100

network governance
, 29–30

NPG
, 30–31

public value paradigm
, 31–32

Strategic actor
, 129–130

university as
, 124–126

Strategic triangle
, 32

Stresses
, 112

Study Process Questionnaire (SPQ)
, 250–251

Sufficient criteria
, 52

Surface-rational approach
, 254

Systemic perspective (1970–1980)
, 62–63

Systems theory
, 123, 127

Technical intelligence
, 158

Technological capital enterprise
, 180, 185

Technological infrastructure
, 160

Temporal dimension
, 44, 45

configuring professorship
, 46

negotiating resources and wages
, 47

selecting candidate
, 46

Traits approach
, 61

Transaction cost theory
, 78

Transcendental operations
, 84

Transformative organizational change
, 89–90

Two-week pilot study
, 206–207

U.S. Presidential Immigration Executive Order travel ban
, 79

Universities

as adaptive resilient organization

complex theory for higher education systems
, 121–124

resilient university
, 126–131

social scientific phenomena
, 120

strategic actor vs. resilient actor
, 131

commodification
, 181–183

differentiation
, 185–192

as formal organizations
, 41–43

identity work
, 112–113

organizations
, 111–112

as strategic actor
, 124–126

University of California
, 201–202

university–industry collaborations
, 216, 217

Uversity
, 205–206

Values

attribution
, 53

rationalization with competing institutional logics
, 112–113

selection of
, 53

Vertical differentiation
, 124

Virtual ethnography
, 198

ethical concerns
, 200

exemption from formal ethics boards
, 202–203

existing guidelines for
, 201–202

protection of participant anonymity
, 203–204

future research
, 211–212

logistical issues
, 204–205

paucity of higher education studies
, 200

Virtual Community
, 199

virtual field site
, 205

methodological challenges
, 206–210

methodology
, 206

purpose of study and site selection
, 205–206

Vocationalization of academic programs
, 27

WCQ. See Workplace Climate Questionnaire (WCQ)

“Wiederzuweisungsantrag”
, 46

Wisdom
, 78, 83, 84–86, 88, 91

Work Experience Questionnaire
, 250

Workplace

approaches to learning in
, 249–250

learning
, 248–249

approaches to
, 250–251

perceptions of workplace climate
, 250–251

Workplace Climate Questionnaire (WCQ)
, 250, 251

canonical correlation analysis
, 254, 258, 259

confirmatory factor analysis
, 253

correlation coefficients between respondents’ scale scores on
, 258

descriptive statistics for respondents’ scale scores on
, 258

online survey
, 252

standardized regression coefficients
, 260, 261