Craft, factory or profession? Institutional logics in research supervision
Authors: Nordberg, D. and Rieple, A.
Journal: Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings
Volume: Meeting Abstract Supplement
Issue: 1
Publisher: Academy of Management
DOI: 10.5465/AMBPP.2012.84
Abstract:According to Halse and Malfroy (2010) research supervision should be viewed as a profession. Professions have their own institutional, explicit, stated norms. But in the world of contemporary higher education, the institutionalized, bureaucratic, aspects of professional life sometimes conflict with the expectations and behavior of professionals. This paper examines the developments in the practices of research supervision through the lens of new institutional theory. Our paper identifies three competing institutional logics around the creation of knowledge: the traditional "craft" approach, an emerging "factory" mentality of measurable outcomes, and a middle way – a "professional" logic.
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