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University recruitment: evaluation pressures and organizational responses in different disciplinary sectors
Journal Title: WELFARE E ERGONOMIA 
Author/s: Emilia Primeri, Emanuela Reale 
Year:  2019 Issue: 1 Language: Italian 
Pages:  15 Pg. 95-109 FullText PDF:  212 KB
DOI:  10.3280/WE2019-001009
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The introduction of evaluation practices can trigger Universities’ relevant organizational and institutional changes. Through 50 interviews to academics of three different scientific areas, the work analyses organizational responses of Universities, focusing on academic recruit-ment as specific issue. Organizational responses can be highly diversified, loosely coupled with evaluation and unattended or rather unexpected, mostly related to scientific disciplines characteristics.
Keywords: Evaluation, universities, recruitment, organizational changes, scientific disciplines, institutionalism.

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Emilia Primeri, Emanuela Reale, University recruitment: evaluation pressures and organizational responses in different disciplinary sectors in "WELFARE E ERGONOMIA" 1/2019, pp. 95-109, DOI:10.3280/WE2019-001009

   

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