Home > Research > Publications & Outputs > Captured by the Discourse? The Socially Constit...

Research

Associated organisational unit

Electronic data

  • Trowler Captured by the Discourse

    Rights statement: “The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Organization, 8 (2), 2001, © SAGE Publications Ltd, 2001 by SAGE Publications Ltd at the Organization page: http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journals/Journal200981 on SAGE Journals Online: http://www.uk.sagepub.com/

    Accepted author manuscript, 110 KB, Word document

Links

Text available via DOI:

Keywords

View graph of relations

Captured by the Discourse? The Socially Constitutive Power of New Higher Education Discourse in the UK.

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

Published

Standard

Captured by the Discourse? The Socially Constitutive Power of New Higher Education Discourse in the UK. / Trowler, Paul.
In: Organization, Vol. 8, No. 2, 05.2001, p. 183-201.

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

Harvard

Trowler, P 2001, 'Captured by the Discourse? The Socially Constitutive Power of New Higher Education Discourse in the UK.', Organization, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 183-201. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508401082005

APA

Trowler, P. (2001). Captured by the Discourse? The Socially Constitutive Power of New Higher Education Discourse in the UK. Organization, 8(2), 183-201. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508401082005

Vancouver

Trowler P. Captured by the Discourse? The Socially Constitutive Power of New Higher Education Discourse in the UK. Organization. 2001 May;8(2):183-201. doi: 10.1177/1350508401082005

Author

Trowler, Paul. / Captured by the Discourse? The Socially Constitutive Power of New Higher Education Discourse in the UK. In: Organization. 2001 ; Vol. 8, No. 2. pp. 183-201.

Bibtex

@article{b60d03bba01a4042bc13f318fec695f6,
title = "Captured by the Discourse? The Socially Constitutive Power of New Higher Education Discourse in the UK.",
abstract = "This paper addresses the extent to which academic staff are {\textquoteleft}captured{\textquoteright} by the discourse associated with the {\textquoteleft}new higher education{\textquoteright} (NHE) in the UK and identifies the factors which condition their ability to displace, negotiate, reconstruct and create alternative discourses. In addressing this task, the paper draws on data from a five-year ethnographic study of an English university, NewU, a single document from NewU published after that study, a comparative study of {\textquoteleft}new{\textquoteright} academics in England and Canada, and spontaneous textual data produced at a conference on higher education. The paper concludes that the dialogical nature of universities means that the impact of NHE discourse on organizational practices is mitigated as it is read and reacted to in varied ways: that academics are not fundamentally {\textquoteleft}captured{\textquoteright} by this discursive form. However, caution is advised in extending this argument too far.",
keywords = "agency • discourse • new higher education • policy • structure • text",
author = "Paul Trowler",
year = "2001",
month = may,
doi = "10.1177/1350508401082005",
language = "English",
volume = "8",
pages = "183--201",
journal = "Organization",
issn = "1350-5084",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Ltd",
number = "2",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Captured by the Discourse? The Socially Constitutive Power of New Higher Education Discourse in the UK.

AU - Trowler, Paul

PY - 2001/5

Y1 - 2001/5

N2 - This paper addresses the extent to which academic staff are ‘captured’ by the discourse associated with the ‘new higher education’ (NHE) in the UK and identifies the factors which condition their ability to displace, negotiate, reconstruct and create alternative discourses. In addressing this task, the paper draws on data from a five-year ethnographic study of an English university, NewU, a single document from NewU published after that study, a comparative study of ‘new’ academics in England and Canada, and spontaneous textual data produced at a conference on higher education. The paper concludes that the dialogical nature of universities means that the impact of NHE discourse on organizational practices is mitigated as it is read and reacted to in varied ways: that academics are not fundamentally ‘captured’ by this discursive form. However, caution is advised in extending this argument too far.

AB - This paper addresses the extent to which academic staff are ‘captured’ by the discourse associated with the ‘new higher education’ (NHE) in the UK and identifies the factors which condition their ability to displace, negotiate, reconstruct and create alternative discourses. In addressing this task, the paper draws on data from a five-year ethnographic study of an English university, NewU, a single document from NewU published after that study, a comparative study of ‘new’ academics in England and Canada, and spontaneous textual data produced at a conference on higher education. The paper concludes that the dialogical nature of universities means that the impact of NHE discourse on organizational practices is mitigated as it is read and reacted to in varied ways: that academics are not fundamentally ‘captured’ by this discursive form. However, caution is advised in extending this argument too far.

KW - agency • discourse • new higher education • policy • structure • text

U2 - 10.1177/1350508401082005

DO - 10.1177/1350508401082005

M3 - Journal article

VL - 8

SP - 183

EP - 201

JO - Organization

JF - Organization

SN - 1350-5084

IS - 2

ER -