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Direct linkCreaton, Jane; Heard-Lauréote, Karen – Higher Education Policy, 2021
There is a dissonance between the formal role of head of academic department represented in institutional discourses and the reality of heads' working practices. This paper provides insight, from the perspective of heads, about how the role is experienced and enacted in one institution. Data are derived from 20 semi-structured interviews with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Departments, Middle Management
