Open AccessThe PBRF and its Implications for Academics (in the Humanities and Social Sciences)
Author(s) -
Bill Curtis
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
labour, employment and work in new zealand
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2463-2600
DOI - 10.26686/lew.v0i0.1258
Subject(s) - managerialism , downgrade , control (management) , sociology , political science , public relations , social science , public administration , management , economics , computer security , computer science
This paper discusses the likely impacts of the Performance-Based Research Fund. 2003 Quality Exercise on academics in New Zealand. It is argued the Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) is one of a number of developments within the 'new managerialism' of public institutions that stands to downgrade forms of professional control enjoyed by academics (Abbott, 1991). The downgrading of academic professions internationally is well-documented (Halsey, 1992) and it would be surprising if academics in New Zealand were exempt from these pressures. More unanticipated, however, is the extent to which academics, at least within the humanities and social sciences of universities, pursue strategies that collectively undercut existing forms of professional control over labour markets, peer review and public esteem.