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Does Governance Matter? Empirical Analysis of Job Satisfaction and Research Productivity

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This study investigated how governance is related to academics’ job satisfaction and their research productivity. Through the data analysis, this study grouped the governance type of 48 Korean universities into managerial, semi-managerial, and collegial governance. This study found that governance was not a significant factor in explaining either job satisfaction or their research productivity; however, collegiality culture does have effects on job satisfaction. The findings might disappoint policy makers who have believed in the effects of structural reforms on institutional performance. However, this study claimed that well-designed structural reforms are a necessary precondition for institutional performance and the authors recommend policy makers to pay more attention on developing “relevant” policy initiatives reflecting institutional missions and their own contexts. This study suggests that governance might not automatically result in job satisfaction or research productivity; instead, both are functioning as preconditions for job satisfaction and research productivity rather than sufficient conditions.

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  1. Department of Education, Seoul National University, Gwanak-Gu, Seoul, 08826, South Korea

    Jung Cheol Shin

  2. Department of Education, Sejong University, 209, Neungdong-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 05006, South Korea

    Soo Jeung Lee

  3. Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University, 2-2, Kagamiyama, 1-Chome, Higashihiroshima, 739-8512, Japan

    Yangson Kim

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Shin, J.C., Lee, S.J., Kim, Y. (2018). Does Governance Matter? Empirical Analysis of Job Satisfaction and Research Productivity. In: Shin, J. (eds) Higher Education Governance in East Asia. Higher Education in Asia: Quality, Excellence and Governance. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2469-7_14

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