Project Details
Projekt
Universities in multiple competition: changes in job advertisements for professorships, 1990 to 2020
Applicant
Professor Dr. Peter Walgenbach
Subject Area
Operations Management and Computer Science for Business Administration
Term
since 2024
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 447967785
The aim of the proposed project is to analyze the effects of multiple competition in the higher education system against the background of its increasing internationalization. To this end, changes in job advertisements for professorships will be examined. The appointment of professorships plays a decisive role in the strategic positioning of universities in multiple competition. It can be assumed that the requirements of the various competitions in which universities find themselves are reflected in job advertisements for professorships. Empirically, the research project focuses on the analysis of job advertisements for professorships in different disciplines at German universities between 1990 and 2020. Based on a detailed content analysis of these job advertisements, the research project aims to show how different competitions in the higher education system, and especially the increasing internationality of these competitions, are reflected in job advertisements over time. In addition, using different contextual factors, the project aims at explaining the alignment occurring in the job advertisements of different disciplines and types of universities as well as the observed variation. Both qualitative and quantitative methods will be used. Theoretically, the project is based on institutional theories, in particular on arguments of neo-institutionalism (with special reference to world society theory and the glocalization perspective), as well as imprinting theory. As a result, contributions to research on multiple competition in the higher education system, on the strategic positioning of universities, and on institutional theories of organization are expected.
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