Challenges to research systems, academic research and knowledge production in East Asia: learning from the past to inform future policy

Horta, Hugo; Mok, Ka Ho

doi:10.1080/1360080x.2020.1738125

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“…The reform has been interpreted in various ways: a desire to reform and control HE (Olssen, 2021), and a demand for more transparency and accountability for the public funding invested in HEIs (Horta & Mok, 2020). The policy, which emanated from the ideas of restructuring the public system worldwide and came into being around 1980 (Horta & Mok, 2020), has turned the universities into marketplaces (Enders et al, 2015) where excellence in research and publications is the key performance desired for the faculty identity. The new reform has faces.…”

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“…However, there have been worries about whether these outputs are fulfilling the actual innovative research agendas desired by policymakers and society (Horta & Santos, 2020). The review indicates that the outcome of most innovations capable of impacting and transforming society is rather decreasing (Horta & Mok, 2020) and that these publications failed to make any meaningful contributions to knowledge (Rawat & Meena, 2014). The implication is that HEIs research productivity is bound to lose relevance as the society may be pushed to source knowledge from more credible sources.…”

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“…The continent of Asia has been part of the global research turning point but entries into this sphere by the various countries in the region occurred at different times. Differences in the economic status, coupled with variations in these countries' social, economic, and political path dependencies on the global stage have been the reasons for this gradual development (Horta & Mok, 2020).…”

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Reputation disparity in teaching and research productivity and rewards in the context of consequences of institutionalization of Publish or Perish culture in academia

Bello

Azubuike

Akande

2023

Higher Education Quarterly

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The reputation disparity between teaching and research has stirred up an unending debate. The age‐long notion that teaching and research overlap has become a controversial issue in academia. Consequences of the institutionalization of Publish OR Perish (POP) abound in the literature. This paper investigates the reputations disparity between teaching and research productivity and the rewards for these academic activities. It explores which, out of teaching activities and research publications receive higher or less attention and rewards. Relevant existing literature was reviewed to establish the institutionalization of POP and its consequences of the reputations disparity between teaching and research and its adverse effects on these activities. Evidence from the literature reviewed reveals the existence of POP reputation disparity as part of its consequences. A key finding is that teaching activities are insignificant and unrewarded as research publications. Neither the effectiveness nor the number of teaching loads counts like the numbers of publications.

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Reputation disparity in teaching and research productivity and rewards in the context of consequences of institutionalization of Publish or Perish culture in academia

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Akande

2023

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“…Torres-Olave et al (2020) reiterated the importance of forging strategic regional development. Horta and Mok (2020) analyzed the role of Hong Kong in knowledge production. These scholars shared the observation that Hong Kong is a city with its unique geographical significance in Asia .…”

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Hong Kong as public administration metropolis in the internationalization of public administration education: one Hong Kong university experience

Wong

2021

AEDS

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PurposeThis article explores the roles and the expertise of Hong Kong in the internationalization of public administration education.Design/methodology/approachThe methodology is based on the data of 5 internationalization initiatives of one Hong Kong university with its internationalization partners in Macau, Korea, Australia, Russia and Finland. The data obtained lasted for a period of 18 months, from September 2019 to March 2021.FindingsThe finding of this study revealed that (1) there are 5 “pubtropolis roles” (roles of a public administration metropolis) of Hong Kong in the internationalization of public administration education in China, Asia, Asia-Pacific, Belt-and-Road and Europe. The findings also revealed that (2) Hong Kong served as a pubtropolis with its “5C” expertise in curriculum innovation, customized training, competence framework, competence assessment and comparative policy.Research limitations/implicationsAs the methodology of this article is based on the data of 5 internationalization initiatives of one Hong Kong university by one academia only, further studies can be conducted at department, faculty or university level for multiple academia.Practical implicationsThere are two practical implications: (1) The more the roles of a city, the broader the view in its internationalization of public administration initiatives; (2) Hong Kong could further tap on its expertise in “5C” in public administration: curriculum innovation, customized training, competence framework, competence assessment and comparative policy to exert its “geo-management” power.Social implicationsThis article argues that public services can be improved by the setting up of “Sabbatical Leave Scheme for Internationalization of Public Administration” by respective governments to sustain the impacts observed.Originality/valueIt is from the author's original work.

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“…The aim of this paper is to critically explore the ASAP project in the state of Kerala in India as a case for the inclusive development of employability in college and university students. Whilst critical assessments of development programs have begun to appear in the vocational behaviour literature, to date, these have been predominantly focused on Australia (Khalaf, 2020), Hong Kong (Lo and Tang, 2020) and East Asia (Horta and Mok, 2020). The focus of this paper on India thus offers complimentary, timely and valuable insights.…”

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Additional Skills Acquisition Programme (ASAP) project: the case of an employability enhancement initiative in India

Nimmi

Mathew²,

Donald

2022

JIEB

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore an employability enhancement initiative, the Additional Skills Acquisition Programme (ASAP) project in the state of Kerala, India, as a case for the inclusive development of employability in college and university students. Design/methodology/approach ASAP is applied as a case study to examine the employability enhancement initiative in India. Findings Participation in the ASAP project led to increased measures of employability. These increases were most pronounced in women and individuals living below the poverty line. Partnerships between educational institutions and organisations focusing on students’ technical and skill development can help overcome local and national talent shortages. Originality/value The theoretical implications come from addressing the lack of representation of skills based employability initiatives among students from India in the vocational behaviour literature. Practical implications come from knowledge sharing of innovative strategies to enhance the employability outcomes of individuals entering the labour market. New ways to overcome the reported mismatch in business education between curriculum content and the development of employability skills in graduates are presented. Benefits for diversity and inclusion are also provided.

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Challenges to research systems, academic research and knowledge production in East Asia: learning from the past to inform future policy

Cited by 10 publications

References 84 publications

Reputation disparity in teaching and research productivity and rewards in the context of consequences of institutionalization of Publish or Perish culture in academia

Reputation disparity in teaching and research productivity and rewards in the context of consequences of institutionalization of Publish or Perish culture in academia

Hong Kong as public administration metropolis in the internationalization of public administration education: one Hong Kong university experience

Additional Skills Acquisition Programme (ASAP) project: the case of an employability enhancement initiative in India

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