A Synthesized Model of Faculty Motivation in Saudi Arabia’s Higher Education Sector

AbdulCalder, Akram

doi:10.1007/978-94-6300-205-9_7

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“…Al-Swailem and Elliott noted that the establishment of an Academic Leadership Centre (ALC) in 2009 'played a significant role in the success, effectiveness and quality of higher education leadership within institutions at both senior and middle university management levels' (Al-Swailem and Elliott 2013, 38). Yet in recently established universities like HU, issues of leadership and managerial competence remain rampant, and staff surveys reveal a low sense of trust in the management and leadership among Saudi academics (AbdulCalder 2015;Bintwalah 2018).…”

Section: Skills and Competences In Academic Governance And Managementmentioning

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Convergence and local orders in the dynamics of change in higher education: a perspective from Saudi Arabia

Lebeau

Alruwaili

2021

Policy Reviews in Higher Education

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The paper discusses the leadership and management challenges of a public university in Saudi Arabia from the perspective of academic managers. Based on a series of interviews at one of the regional universities established in the mid-2000s, the paper sheds light on one of those rarely investigated contexts where models of public management are arbitrarily patched on frameworks of institutional governance in the name of modernisation. The perspective of those tasked with implementing the modernisation agenda of the government within recently established universities is considered here, in an attempt to highlight the fortune of prescribed models of university governance and management in their confrontation with local social and cultural orders. A micro-level situationist perspective is adopted, drawing on the concept of local orders to identify local factors affecting the organisational capabilities and institutional status of a remote institution where the dominant cultural and social orders permeate workplaces more easily. Our unique perspective also reveals an increasingly diverse Saudi higher education landscape, and the challenges it poses to the government's onesize-fits-all model of governance for public universities.

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Section: Skills and Competences In Academic Governance And Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Convergence and local orders in the dynamics of change in higher education: a perspective from Saudi Arabia

Lebeau

Alruwaili

2021

Policy Reviews in Higher Education

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Engineering students’ perceptions of the role of work industry-related activities on their motivation for studying and learning in higher education

Pantzos

Gumaelius

Buckley

et al. 2022

European Journal of Engineering Education

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Leadership Perspectives on Talent Management in Saudi Universities

Subbarayalu,

Al Faraj,

Al Kuwaiti

et al. 2024

Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development

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This chapter proposes an in-depth study of higher education leaders (HELs) in Saudi Arabia, with a particular focus on the challenges, obstacles and success factors of talent management (TM) in Saudi universities. A mixed methods study design was adopted in which a general literature review was conducted to uncover the skills gap in the higher education sector and its impact on university leadership, taking into account both the external and internal environments. In addition, a survey would be conducted among a wide range of university leaders, including rectors, vice-rectors, deans, vice-deans and department heads, on the existing TM practices in their respective universities. Through this approach, the authors have uncovered how HELs perceive and deal with the skills gap phenomenon, including the barriers and success factors in TM in their universities, with due consideration of the influence of both external market forces and internal institutional dynamics.

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A Synthesized Model of Faculty Motivation in Saudi Arabia’s Higher Education Sector

Cited by 3 publications

References 27 publications

Convergence and local orders in the dynamics of change in higher education: a perspective from Saudi Arabia

Convergence and local orders in the dynamics of change in higher education: a perspective from Saudi Arabia

Engineering students’ perceptions of the role of work industry-related activities on their motivation for studying and learning in higher education

Leadership Perspectives on Talent Management in Saudi Universities

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