Analysis Approach of Higher Education Governance from the Perspective of Socio-Cultural Agency Theory
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Apr 9, 2018
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Higher Education Governance Context Agency Theory Socio-Cultural
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This paper proposes how to apply socio-cultural agency theory as a conceptual framework for analyzing higher education governance. The main theme is to identify: (1) the negligence of socio-cultural agency theory for investigating higher education governance and (2) how to apply socio-cultural agency theory for analyzing higher education governance.
In summary, this paper highlights that the effectiveness and efficiency of higher education policies and their instruments require an in-depth understanding of context-underpinning factors embedded in different settings through two aspects: (1) ecosystem affecting the governance such as relationships and organizational cultures embedded in the system, and strengths and weaknesses of the system affecting the governance and (2) stakeholders’ perceptions towards relationships, organizational culture and system and governance policies and their instruments
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Kreangchai Rungfamai เ. ร. (2018). Analysis Approach of Higher Education Governance from the Perspective of Socio-Cultural Agency Theory. Dusit Thani College Journal, 11(2), 409–420. Retrieved from https://so01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/journaldtc/article/view/120540
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Fukuyama, F. (1995). Trust: The social virtues and the creation of prosperity. New York: Free Press Paperbacks.
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Hazelkorn, E. (2004). “Growing research: challenges for late developers and newcomers.” Higher Education Management and Policy. 16, 1 (April 2004): 119-140.
Johnson, N. B. and Droege, S. (2004). “Reflections on the generalization of agency theory: Cross-cultural considerations.” Human Resource Management Review. 14, 3 (September 2004): 325-335.
Kiser, E. and Cai, Y. (2003). “War and bureaucratization in Qin China: Exploring and anomalous case.” American Sociological Review. 68, 4 (August 2003): 511-539.
Kivisto, J. A. (2007). Agency theory as a framework for the government-university relationship. Ph.D. Dissertation. Higher Education Group: Tampere University Press.
Horta, H., Veloso, F. M., & Grediaga, R. (2010). Navel gazing: Academic inbreeding and scientific productivity. Management Science,56, 3 (March 2010): 414-429.
OECD. (2003). Education policy analysis. OECD: OECD Publications.
Rothstein, B. and Stolle, D. (2003). “Introduction: Social capital in Scandinavia.” Scandinavian Political Studies. 26, 1 (March 2003): 1-26.
Rungfamai, K. (2008). Higher education and institutional-autonomy policy in Thailand: The perspective of agency theory. Master’s thesis. University of Tampere.
Rungfamai, K. (2011). Research universities in Thailand: Challenges to governance. PhD. dissertation. The University of Hong Kong.
Rungfamai, K. (2006) “Governance of National Research University in Southeast Asia: the case of Chiang Mai University in Thailand.” Studies in Higher Education. DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2016.1250072
Rungfamai, K. (2017). “Research-university governance in Thailand: the case of Chulalongkorn University.” Higher Education. 74, 1 (July 2017). 1-16.
Salmi, J. (2009). The challenges of establishing world-class universities. Washington: The World Bank.
Shapiro, S. P. (2005). “Agency theory.” Annual Review Sociology. 31 (January 2005): 263-284.
Uzzi, B. (1996). “The sources and consequences of embeddedness for the economic performance of organizations: The network effect.” American Sociological Review. 61, 4 (August 1996): 674-698.