Professor Russell Craig russell.craig@durham.ac.uk
Academic Visitor
Perverse Audit Culture and Accountability of the Modern Public University
Craig, R.; Amernic, J.; Tourish, D.
Authors
J. Amernic
D. Tourish
Abstract
The 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.
Citation
Craig, R., Amernic, J., & Tourish, D. (2014). Perverse Audit Culture and Accountability of the Modern Public University. Financial Accountability and Management, 30(1), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/faam.12025
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Online Publication Date | Jan 16, 2014 |
Publication Date | 2014-02 |
Deposit Date | May 2, 2019 |
Journal | Financial Accountability and Management |
Print ISSN | 0267-4424 |
Electronic ISSN | 1468-0408 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 30 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 1-24 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/faam.12025 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1302764 |
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