Time Allocation of Academics in Ukraine: Degree and Gender Correlates in a Semi-peripheral State

Abstract

This article, using the example of Ukraine, aims to explore the time allocation of academics at university in a semi-peripheral state sustaining means–ends decoupling. Data emanate from the responses of 205 academics in business studies. The analysis uses degrees (qualifications) and gender as main categorizations. Findings indicate that means–ends decoupling at the state and university levels hinders academics from allocating their time to activities prescribed by the research university model, specifically, research and service.

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Myroslava Hladchenko

Myroslava Hladchenko is a researcher at Nicolaus Copernicus University (Poland). She holds a PhD in higher education from the University of Twente (the Netherlands). Myroslava was a visiting scholar at the International Centre for Higher Education Research-Kassel, University Kassel (2015) and Observatory of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lausanne (2015).

Don Westerheijden

Don F. Westerheijden is a senior research associate at the Center for Higher Education Policy Studies(CHEP S) of the University of Twente, the Netherlands, where he coordinates research on quality management. He led the independent assessment of the Bologna Process in 2009/2010. He was a member of the team that developed U-Multirank, the online, multidimensional worldwide university ranking. He is a member of the editorial board of the journals Quality in Higher Education and Qualität in der Wissenschaft, besides serving on international boards of quality assurance agencies in Portugal and Hong Kong.