"Serving two masters" - academics' perspectives on working at an offshore campus in Malaysia

This paper explores the effects of the internationalisation of higher education on the working lives of academics at an offshore campus in eastern Malaysia. Using the interpretivist paradigm and grounded theory methods it investigates their perspectives on various themes as those emerge during a ser...

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Main Author: Dobos, Katalin
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge Publishing, Taylor & Francis Group 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2851
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description This paper explores the effects of the internationalisation of higher education on the working lives of academics at an offshore campus in eastern Malaysia. Using the interpretivist paradigm and grounded theory methods it investigates their perspectives on various themes as those emerge during a series of interviews. These emerging themes are: “Professional Practice”, “Communication”, “Quality Assurance” and “Curriculum Issues”. These themes are interrelated, are tied together with the anchor theme of “serving two masters” and expose important areas that need to be monitored by both the offshore and Australian partners in order to ensure the quality and success of their cooperation in the long term.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-28512017-09-13T15:54:28Z "Serving two masters" - academics' perspectives on working at an offshore campus in Malaysia Dobos, Katalin offshore education academics’ perspectives professionalism intercultural dialogue This paper explores the effects of the internationalisation of higher education on the working lives of academics at an offshore campus in eastern Malaysia. Using the interpretivist paradigm and grounded theory methods it investigates their perspectives on various themes as those emerge during a series of interviews. These emerging themes are: “Professional Practice”, “Communication”, “Quality Assurance” and “Curriculum Issues”. These themes are interrelated, are tied together with the anchor theme of “serving two masters” and expose important areas that need to be monitored by both the offshore and Australian partners in order to ensure the quality and success of their cooperation in the long term. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2851 10.1080/00131911003748035 Routledge Publishing, Taylor & Francis Group restricted
spellingShingle offshore education
academics’ perspectives
professionalism
intercultural dialogue
Dobos, Katalin
"Serving two masters" - academics' perspectives on working at an offshore campus in Malaysia
title "Serving two masters" - academics' perspectives on working at an offshore campus in Malaysia
title_full "Serving two masters" - academics' perspectives on working at an offshore campus in Malaysia
title_fullStr "Serving two masters" - academics' perspectives on working at an offshore campus in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed "Serving two masters" - academics' perspectives on working at an offshore campus in Malaysia
title_short "Serving two masters" - academics' perspectives on working at an offshore campus in Malaysia
title_sort "serving two masters" - academics' perspectives on working at an offshore campus in malaysia
topic offshore education
academics’ perspectives
professionalism
intercultural dialogue
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2851