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Academics’ values in French universities. Is commitment to performance compatible with commitment to university ‘publicness’?

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  • Stéphanie Chatelain-Ponroy

    (LIRSA-CRC - LIRSA. Centre de recherche en comptabilité - LIRSA - Laboratoire interdisciplinaire de recherche en sciences de l'action - CNAM - Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM] - HESAM - HESAM Université - Communauté d'universités et d'établissements Hautes écoles Sorbonne Arts et métiers université)

  • Stéphanie Mignot-Gerard

    (IRG - Institut de Recherche en Gestion - UPEM - Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée - UPEC UP12 - Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12)

  • Christine Musselin

    (CSO - Centre de sociologie des organisations (Sciences Po, CNRS) - Sciences Po - Sciences Po - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Samuel Sponem

    (HEC Montréal - HEC Montréal)

Abstract

This study analyzes academics' values in relation with the reforms led in the public sector of higher education. We claim that studying values/attitudes in a given field is critical to anticipate future institutional changes (Greenwood and Hinnings, 1996), since they are often precursors of concrete practices and behaviors (Campbell, 1963; Summers, 1970). As the reforms of higher education led recently in France have stressed the notion of "performance" – present both in the NPM and Neo-Weberian narratives –, we investigate to what extent the adhesion to a culture of performance is compatible with the maintenance of the commitment to the university "publicness" (Bozeman, 2007) – which is antithetical to the ideology promoted by NPM. In addition, investigating the robustness of university publicness contributes to the debate upon the transformation of public servants' values.

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  • Stéphanie Chatelain-Ponroy & Stéphanie Mignot-Gerard & Christine Musselin & Samuel Sponem, 2014. "Academics’ values in French universities. Is commitment to performance compatible with commitment to university ‘publicness’?," Post-Print halshs-01096583, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-01096583
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