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Perverse audit culture and accountability of the modern public university
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posted on 2023-06-09, 06:30 authored by Russell Craig, Joel Amernic, Dennis TourishDennis TourishThe audit culture which has developed in public universities has led to counter-productive outcomes. Managerial oversight of academic work has reached a critical tipping point. Extensive auditing of research output by means of performance management assessment regimes motivated by a New Public Management mentality has damaged individual scholarship and threatened academic freedom. Such assessment regimes are perverse and conducive to the development of psychotic tendencies by universities. It is important to understand the effects of a perverse audit culture when re-thinking and reforming approaches to university performance management. We suggest ways for public universities to acknowledge the need for accountability while remaining true to core academic purposes.
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Financial Accountability & ManagementISSN
0267-4424Publisher
WileyExternal DOI
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1Volume
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1-24Department affiliated with
- Business and Management Publications
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2017-06-05Usage metrics
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