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Sahlin-Andersson, Kerstin, professorORCID iD iconorcid.org/0000-0002-5402-1291
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Sahlin-Andersson, K. (2024). Barbara Czarniawska (1948–2024). Organization Studies, 45(8), 1221-1223
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2024 (English)In: Organization Studies, ISSN 0170-8406, E-ISSN 1741-3044, Vol. 45, no 8, p. 1221-1223Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.)) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sage Publications, 2024
National Category
Peace and Conflict Studies Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-544758 (URN)10.1177/01708406241266326 (DOI)001279204100001 ()
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Available from: 2025-01-10 Created: 2025-01-10 Last updated: 2025-02-20Bibliographically approved
Sahlin-Andersson, K. & Eriksson-Zetterquist, U. (2024). Introduction: University Collegiality and the Erosion of Faculty Authority. In: Kerstin Sahlin; Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist (Ed.), University Collegiality and the Erosion of Faculty Authority: (pp. 1-27). Leeds: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 86
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2024 (English)In: University Collegiality and the Erosion of Faculty Authority / [ed] Kerstin Sahlin; Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist, Leeds: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2024, Vol. 86, p. 1-27Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Recent changes in university systems, debates on academic freedom, and changing roles of knowledge in society all point to questions regarding how higher education and research should be governed and the role of scientists and faculty in this. Rationalizations of systems of higher education and research have been accompanied by the questioning and erosion of faculty authority and challenges to academic collegiality. In light of these developments, we see a need for a more conceptually precise discussion about what academic collegiality is, how it is practiced, how collegial forms of governance may be supported or challenged by other forms of governance, and finally, why collegial governance of higher education and research is important.

We see collegiality as an institution of self-governance that includes formal rules and structures for decision-making, normative and cognitive underpinnings of identities and purposes, and specific practices. Studies of collegiality then, need to capture structures and rules as well as identities, norms, purposes and practices. Distinguishing between vertical and horizontal collegiality, we show how they balance and support each other.

Universities are subject to mixed modes of governance related to the many tasks and missions that higher education and research is expected to fulfill. Mixed modes of governance also stem from reforms based on widely held ideals of governance and organization. We examine university reforms and challenges to collegiality through the lenses of three ideal types of governance – collegiality, bureaucracy and enterprise – and combinations thereof.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Leeds: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2024
Series
Research in the sociology of organizations, ISSN 0733-558X ; 86
Keywords
Collegiality as an institution, governance modes, university governance, vertical collegiality, horizontal collegiality, governance mix
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-524064 (URN)10.1108/S0733-558X20230000086001 (DOI)978-1-80455-817-1 (ISBN)978-1-80455-814-0 (ISBN)978-1-80455-816-4 (ISBN)
Funder
Swedish Research Council, 2016-03222The Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Foundation, P20-0196
Available from: 2024-02-28 Created: 2024-02-28 Last updated: 2024-08-27Bibliographically approved
Sahlin, K. (2024). Media Review: The University and the Global Knowledge Society [Review]. Organization Studies, 45(5), 767-769
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2024 (English)In: Organization Studies, ISSN 0170-8406, E-ISSN 1741-3044, Vol. 45, no 5, p. 767-769Article, book review (Other academic) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sage Publications, 2024
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-523956 (URN)10.1177/01708406231197816 (DOI)001070401600001 ()
Available from: 2024-02-27 Created: 2024-02-27 Last updated: 2024-08-26Bibliographically approved
Cloete, N., Côté, N., Crace, L., Delbridge, R., Denis, J.-L., Drori, G. S., . . . Walgenbach, P. (2024). "Outroduction": A Research Agenda on Collegiality in University Settings. In: Kerstin Sahlin; Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist (Ed.), Revitalizing Collegiality: Restoring Faculty Authority in Universities (pp. 181-211). Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 87
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2024 (English)In: Revitalizing Collegiality: Restoring Faculty Authority in Universities / [ed] Kerstin Sahlin; Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2024, Vol. 87, p. 181-211Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

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.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2024
Series
Research in the Sociology of Organizations, ISSN 0733-558X ; 87
National Category
History of Science and Ideas
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-516795 (URN)10.1108/S0733-558X20230000087008 (DOI)978-1-80455-821-8 (ISBN)978-1-80455-818-8 (ISBN)
Available from: 2023-11-29 Created: 2023-11-29 Last updated: 2025-02-21Bibliographically approved
Sahlin, K. & Eriksson-Zetterquist, U. (Eds.). (2024). Revitalizing Collegiality: Restoring Faculty Authority in Universities. Leeds: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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2024 (English)Collection (editor) (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Leeds: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2024
Series
Research in the Sociology of Organizations, ISSN 0733-558X ; 87
National Category
Business Administration Work Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-523961 (URN)10.1108/s0733-558x202387 (DOI)978-1-80455-821-8 (ISBN)978-1-80455-818-8 (ISBN)
Available from: 2024-02-27 Created: 2024-02-27 Last updated: 2024-03-27Bibliographically approved
Sahlin-Andersson, K. & Eriksson-Zetterquist, U. (2023). Collegiality Washing? New Translations of Collegial Practices. Research in the Sociology of Organizations: A Research Annual, 87, 157-180
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2023 (English)In: Research in the Sociology of Organizations: A Research Annual, ISSN 0733-558X, Vol. 87, p. 157-180Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Over the past few decades, university reforms in line with management and enterprise ideals have been well documented. Changes in the ideals underlying the missions of universities have led to changes in their modes of governing and organizing, which in turn drive further transformation of their missions. One set of reforms in Swedish higher education has been the dissolution of collegial bodies and procedures. At the same time, in recent years, we have witnessed an increased interest in collegiality and a reintroduction of collegial bodies and procedures. New translations of collegiality appear not only in how universities are organized, but also in other core aspects of research and higher education. We review examples of peer reviewing, research assessment, and direct recruitment of professors and ask: Can these new translations of collegiality be understood as a revitalization of collegiality, or is it – to draw a parallel with greenwashing – rather a matter of collegiality-washing?

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2023
Keywords
Greenwashing, translation, collegiality revitalization, collegiality-washing, collegiality drift, hypocrisy
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-523963 (URN)10.1108/s0733-558x20230000087007 (DOI)
Available from: 2024-02-27 Created: 2024-02-27 Last updated: 2024-04-02Bibliographically approved
Eriksson-Zetterquist, U. & Sahlin, K. (2023). Introduction: Revitalizing Collegiality: Restoring Faculty Authority in Universities. Research in the Sociology of Organizations: A Research Annual, 87, 1-26
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2023 (English)In: Research in the Sociology of Organizations: A Research Annual, ISSN 0733-558X, Vol. 87, p. 1-26Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Collegiality is often discussed and analyzed as a challenged form of governance, a form of working that used to function well in universities prior to the emergence of contemporary and modern forms of governance. This seems to suggest that collegiality used to dominate, while other forms of governance are now taking over. The papers in volume 86 of this special issue support the notion of challenged collegiality, but also show that for the most part, nostalgic notions of “the good old days” are neither true nor helpful if we are to revitalize academic collegiality. After examining whether a golden age of collegiality ever existed, we discuss why collegiality matters. Exploring what are often described as limitations or “dark sides” of collegiality, we address four such “dark sides” related to slow decision-making, conflicts, parochialism, and diversity. This is followed by a discussion of how these limitations may be handled and what measures must be taken to maintain and develop collegiality. With a brief summary of the remaining papers under two headings, “Maintaining collegiality” and “Revitalizing collegiality,” we preview the rest of this volume.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2023
Keywords
Dark sides of collegiality, diversity, parochialism, revitalizing collegiality, slow decision-making, maintaining collegiality
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-523962 (URN)10.1108/s0733-558x20230000087001 (DOI)
Available from: 2024-02-27 Created: 2024-02-27 Last updated: 2024-04-02Bibliographically approved
Edlund, P. & Sahlin-Andersson, K. (2022). Society on board?: External board members and the embedding of Swedish higher education organizations in society, 1998-2016. Studies in Higher Education, 47(8), 1551-1565
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Society on board?: External board members and the embedding of Swedish higher education organizations in society, 1998-2016
2022 (English)In: Studies in Higher Education, ISSN 0307-5079, E-ISSN 1470-174X, Vol. 47, no 8, p. 1551-1565Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Boards in higher education organizations (HEOs) play multiple roles. While they govern, boards are also expected to embed HEOs in society. Indeed, recent higher education reforms in Europe have emphasized the embedding role of HEO boards more than their governing role. But, although these reforms are widespread, we still know little about the ways in which boards are affected by ambitions of embedding HEOs. The aim of our paper is to explore how such ambitions are expressed through HEO board nominations and compositions. We address this aim by turning to Sweden, whose higher education system has, during the past three decades, undergone recurrent reforms that emphasize the embedding role of boards at public HEOs. Our study builds on a longitudinal dataset of external HEO board members' positions, employers, and simultaneous board seats, collected for 1998, 2007, and 2016 so as to accompany Swedish reforms. We find that external board members, over time, embedded HEOs in expanding and sprawling networks of ties to organizations from the public, private, and civil society sectors. Our findings push the literature beyond its focus on private sector ties by showing how governmental reforms lead HEOs to embed among public and civil society organizations as well.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis Group, 2022
Keywords
Higher education organizations, governing boards, reforms, Sweden, embeddedness, board interlocks
National Category
Public Administration Studies Pedagogy
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-483798 (URN)10.1080/03075079.2021.1925239 (DOI)000648156800001 ()
Funder
Swedish Research Council, 2016-03222
Available from: 2022-09-02 Created: 2022-09-02 Last updated: 2025-02-21Bibliographically approved
Engwall, L., Grünberg, J., Pallas, J., Sahlin, K., Wedlin, L., Arora-Jonsson, S., . . . Windell, K. (2018). A Field Approach to Corporate Governance. In: Lars Engwall (Ed.), Corporate Governance in Action: Regulators, Market Actors and Scrutinizers (pp. 25-41). New York: Routledge
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2018 (English)In: Corporate Governance in Action: Regulators, Market Actors and Scrutinizers / [ed] Lars Engwall, New York: Routledge, 2018, p. 25-41Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
New York: Routledge, 2018
National Category
Business Administration
Research subject
Business Studies; Business Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-371438 (URN)978-1-138-28566-8 (ISBN)978-1-315-26885-9 (ISBN)
Available from: 2018-12-20 Created: 2018-12-20 Last updated: 2019-03-26Bibliographically approved
Engwall, L., Grünberg, J., Pallas, J., Sahlin, K., Wedlin, L., Arora-Jonsson, S., . . . Windell, K. (2018). Conclusions. In: Lars Engwall (Ed.), Corporate Governance in Action: Regulators, Market Actors and Scrutinizers (pp. 185-198). New York: Routledge
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2018 (English)In: Corporate Governance in Action: Regulators, Market Actors and Scrutinizers / [ed] Lars Engwall, New York: Routledge, 2018, p. 185-198Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
New York: Routledge, 2018
National Category
Business Administration
Research subject
Business Studies; Business Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-371446 (URN)978-1-138-28566-8 (ISBN)
Available from: 2018-12-20 Created: 2018-12-20 Last updated: 2019-03-26Bibliographically approved
Projects
Basresurser till huvudsekreteraren för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap HS(Kerstin Sahlin) [2013-09307_VR]; Uppsala University2019 workshop on New institutionalism in organization theory [F18-1408:1_RJ]; Uppsala University
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