'I Am Surrounded by People Who Are Not Motivated to Do Research': Harnessing Collegiality for Developing Research Active Academics in a Teaching-Focused Institution

Autor/inn/en	Joseph Jeyaraj, Joanna; Wald, Navé
Titel	'I Am Surrounded by People Who Are Not Motivated to Do Research': Harnessing Collegiality for Developing Research Active Academics in a Teaching-Focused Institution
Quelle	In: Journal of Further and Higher Education, 47 (2023) 7, S.901-912 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Joseph Jeyaraj, Joanna) ORCID (Wald, Navé)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0309-877X
DOI	10.1080/0309877X.2023.2200135
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; College Faculty; Collegiality; Teacher Researchers; Capacity Building; Teacher Administrator Relationship; Power Structure; Leadership Styles; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Fakultät; Kollegialität; Lehrerforschung; Führungsstil
Abstract	In order to achieve a university status, a teaching-focused private Malaysian University College promoted collaboration as an institution-wide strategy for developing the research capacity of staff. Enhancing collegiality was key to this strategy since resources for building research capacity were insufficient. Limited research exists on the role of collegiality in developing research capacities among academics, especially in the Global South and under such constraints. In Malaysia, a high-power distance country, difficulties arise in the practice of collegiality due to hierarchy and other socio-cultural expectations. In this qualitative study, insights into and experiences of this transition were sought in interviews with 18 academics. Collegial leadership and intellectual collegiality were identified as pivotal. Collegial leadership, which addressed the relationship between academics and institutional leaders, was lacking and participants mostly felt unsupported and disengaged under the dominant top-down, hierarchical, leadership style. Intellectual collegiality, which refers to the relationships participants had or wished to have with colleagues, was also challenging in that environment but held more promise. Actively promoting this through a process of assimilation and compromise could have been prioritised. Achievable and tangible research targets could have been negotiated so that becoming research active was a shared vision. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01