The myth of shared governance in higher education

Abstract

In terms of the role of myth in decision making, this paper focuses on the way myth obfuscates critical issues related to shared governance in higher education. The result of that obfuscation is a minimization of the realities that work against shared governance by favoring an untenable view based on an idealistic and unattainable vision of shared governance. First, however, a critique of myth is in order to demonstrate not only that myth is no more than ordinary interpretation but also that it is insufficiently based on rationality and can become a dangerous instrument in the hands of policy makers.

Citation

Speck, B.W. (2011), "The myth of shared governance in higher education", International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior, Vol. 14 No. 2, pp. 200-235. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOTB-14-02-2011-B004