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RESEARCH PAPER
Academic Governance Theories
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Katedra Ekonomii Instytucjonalnej, Uniwersytet Łódzki, Polska
Submission date: 2019-07-28
Final revision date: 2019-10-04
Acceptance date: 2019-10-23
Publication date: 2019-12-27
Corresponding author
Piotr Urbanek
Katedra Ekonomii Instytucjonalnej, Uniwersytet Łódzki, Rewolucji 1905 r. 41, 90-214, Łódź, Polska
Katedra Ekonomii Instytucjonalnej, Uniwersytet Łódzki, Rewolucji 1905 r. 41, 90-214, Łódź, Polska
GNPJE 2019;300(4):5-30
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ABSTRACT
An important feature of research studies on academic governance is their multidimensionality.
None of the traditional disciplines alone is capable of capturing the essence
of processes taking place in complex social institutions such as universities. This means
that research should be carried out using various interdisciplinary theoretical perspectives.
The aim of this article is to present theories that can be used to explain academic
governance processes. The research method used is a critical analysis of the literature.
The most frequently quoted theories in the literature include agency theory, stewardship
theory, stakeholder theory, resource-dependency theory, neo-institutional theory, and cultural
theory. Many elements of these theories refer to statements formulated within corporate
governance theories. At the same time, academic governance theories emphasise
the key characteristics of the academic institutional environment. The typology presented
in the article represents a positive approach, which focuses on understanding, explaining
and anticipating complex processes taking place in the academic institutional environment.
At the same time, the typology can be a starting point in attempts to determine the
conditions that should be met by institutional structures responsible for managing and
supervising universities.
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