Exploring determining factors of web transparency in the world's top universities

Saraite-Sariene, Laura; Rodríguez, María del Mar; Rosario, Arturo Haro de

doi:10.1016/j.rcsar.2017.07.004

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“…The positive relationship shows that private universities, contrary to what is established in the literature [31,85] are the ones that most carefully apply the recommendations made by different authorities regarding open access to scientific publications. In turn, the effect found on private funding coincides with the conclusions drawn by Saraite-Sariene et al [97], who find the positive relationship between private funding and information disclosure in the university sector. This may be because private universities, depending on students' funds, tend to worry more about their reputation, increasing their responsibility for access to all types of information: institutional, academic, research, and in this way strengthen links with their stakeholders.…”

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Expanding the actions of Open Government in higher education sector: From web transparency to Open Science

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Universities have been pressured by governments to change their way of acting and to be more responsible with the requirements of social development to face the challenges of globalization. To this end, universities must use the principles of Open Science, to allow them to be more transparent regarding the dissemination of scientific results. The purpose of this paper is firstly, to determine the progress made in Open Access policies made by the best-ranked universities regarding ARWU. Secondly, to examine influencing factors that enhance the level of openness in researching, in particular, "transparency", "reputation", "participation", "funding", "foundation" and "size". The main results show that those private and older universities, best-ranked in terms of excellence researching and those that have been gradually adopting Open Government policies concerning the dissemination of information through institutional web pages and social participation, are the most interested with complying the recommendations established by the authorities of the Open Science projects.

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“…Considering information access, the second construct associated with active transparency in this study, Saraite-Sariene et al (2018) highlight the importance of disclosing information that concerns a university's organization and governance. Information includes distribution of management positions, policies and regulations (e.g., student mobility programs), selective processes, competitions and biddings, and management of resources (public or not).…”

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“…Communication established with society is central to institutional management for actions to be transparent, while one of LAI's premises is the active maintenance of communication and service to citizens (CGU, 2013). For this reason, these institutions must provide ample access to information by adopting channels that ensure efficient and efficacious communication (Saraite-Sariene, Rodríguez & Rosario, 2018).…”

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Objetivo: Muito se avançou na construção de indicadores que analisam a transparência das instituições públicas e governos tendo como base os aspectos legais. Entretanto, ainda há uma carência de estudos que avaliem a transparência a partir da percepção dos atores sociais, ou seja, da sociedade para a qual os esforços de transparência são praticados. Assim, este trabalho propõe um instrumento de avaliação da transparência ativa e passiva em instituições de ensino, na percepção dos atores sociais. Método: A validação do modelo teórico proposto, aplicado com 1070 atores de uma instituição federal de ensino, foi conduzida a partir da utilização de técnicas para a análise da validade convergente e discriminante, da confiabilidade e da unidimensionalidade do instrumento. Resultado: Os resultados indicaram a adequação dos três construtos propostos (Gestão Institucional, Acesso à Informação e Transparência Passiva) e confirmaram as três hipóteses. Contribuições: Uma metodologia de aplicação e uma classificação são sugeridas, visando permitir que qualquer instituição de ensino possa avaliar a percepção de transparência Ativa e Passiva dos seus atores sociais.

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“…To answer the first research question, the descriptive analysis was structured in two phases. First, the Global Transparency Index (GTI) was used based on Saraite et al [97]. The data were collected manually by two researchers working independently in order to update the information to the present (2019).…”

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“…Non-Financial Information (NFI)Non-Financial Information index based on Global Transparency Index developed by Saraite-Sariene et al[97] and updated up to 2019. H3+Financial Information (FI) Financial Information Index based on Global Transparency index developed by Saraite-Sariene et al[97] and updated up to 2019. H4+Reputation (REP)The position in the Ranking Web (Webometrics) by citations in top Google Scholar profiles (2019).…”

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Non-Financial Information versus Financial as a Key to the Stakeholder Engagement: A Higher Education Perspective

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In light of the increased demand for greater accountability and legitimacy, new disclosure mechanisms based on non-financial transparency have emerged. Universities cannot be left behind with respect to these social demands. In addition, continuous competition in excellence is driving higher education organizations to exhibit a greater visibility of their results, necessarily incorporating more non-financial aspects to boost stakeholder engagement. The novelty of this work lies in the analysis of the real state of non-financial vs. financial information in both public and private universities and in the exploration of their influence on stakeholder online engagement. To this end, a content analysis of the universities’ web pages and Facebook profiles was conducted, and a multivariable linear regression analysis was performed. The main results show that private and larger universities that lead Webometrics for Google Scholar Citations, and those that have gradually been adopting financial reporting, are the most interested in implementing Facebook as a two-way communication strategy. It seems that stakeholders react more to financial transparency and, therefore, universities still prefer financial disclosure to improve accountability.

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Exploring determining factors of web transparency in the world's top universities

Cited by 20 publications

References 40 publications

Expanding the actions of Open Government in higher education sector: From web transparency to Open Science

Expanding the actions of Open Government in higher education sector: From web transparency to Open Science

Percepção de Transparência nas Instituições de Ensino

Non-Financial Information versus Financial as a Key to the Stakeholder Engagement: A Higher Education Perspective

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