A response to employment equity policy in a South African University: A case study of an academic mentoring programme

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dc.contributor.advisorMoore, Rob
dc.contributor.authorMetcalfe, Anthea Gail
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-22T12:48:19Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-28T10:55:15Z
dc.date.available2021-02-22T12:48:19Z
dc.date.available2024-05-28T10:55:15Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.descriptionMagister Educationis - MEden_US
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates the factors that conditioned the establishment of, and responses to, a centrally coordinated, institution wide change initiative aimed at promoting equity in the academic workplace in an historically white South African university. It is examined by presenting two kinds of analyses, firstly, an institutional analysis that explores the environmental and managerial conditionalities that influenced the reception, interpretation and responses to the national policy framework. Secondly, a bottom-up analysis that explores the distinctive disciplinary contexts that conditioned the responses of the participants. The study reveals that top-down approaches to managing change have limited capacity to influence the nature and pace of change on the ground, despite the best intentions of institutional managers. The study illustrates that the distinctive disciplinary context conditioned the responses to, and outcomes of the change initiative. In this study, the authority of the academic project powerfully trumps the legitimacy and credibility of the institutional transformation initiative.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/15629
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectHigher Educationen_US
dc.subjectAcademic Staffen_US
dc.subjectEmployment Equityen_US
dc.subjectAffirmative Actionen_US
dc.subjectGrowing our own Timberen_US
dc.subjectMentoringen_US
dc.subjectAcademic Identitiesen_US
dc.subjectAcademic Staff Transformationen_US
dc.titleA response to employment equity policy in a South African University: A case study of an academic mentoring programmeen_US

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