"Outroduction": A research agenda on collegiality in university settings

Nico Cloete, Nancy Cote, Logan Crace, Rick Delbridge, Jean-Louis Denis, Gili Drori, Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist, Joel Gehman, Lisa-Maria Gerhardt, Jan Goldenstein, Audrey Harroche, Jakov Jandric, Anna Kosmützky, Georg Krücken, Seungah Lee, Michael Lounsbury, Ravit Mizrahi-Shtelman, Christine Musselin, Hampus Östh Gustafsson, Pedro PinedaPaolo Quattrone, Francisco J. Ramirez, Kerstin Sahlin*, Francois van Schalkwyk, Peter Walgenbach

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Abstract / Description of output

Collegiality is the modus operandi of universities. Collegiality is central to academic freedom and scientific quality. In this way collegiality also contributes to the good functioning of universities’ contribution to society and democracy. In this concluding paper of the special issue on collegiality we summarize the main findings and takeaways from our collective studies. We summarize the main challenges and contestations to collegiality and to universities, but also document lines of resistance, activation and maintenance. We depict varieties of collegiality and conclude by emphasizing that future research needs to be based on an appreciation of this variation. We argue that it is essential to incorporate such a variation-sensitive perspective into discussions on academic freedom and scientific quality, and highlight themes surfaced by the different studies, that remain under-explored in extant literature: institutional trust, field-level studies of collegiality, and collegiality and communication. Finally, we offer some remarks on methodological and theoretical implications of this research and conclude by summarizing our research agenda in a list of themes.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)181-211
Number of pages31
JournalResearch in the Sociology of Organizations
Volume87
Early online date28 Nov 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 12 Dec 2023

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • collegiality
  • challenges to collegiality
  • collegial resistance
  • collegial maintenance
  • varieties of collegiality
  • academic freedom
  • institutional trust
  • collegiality and communication

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