How do Chinese faculty members and administrative staff participate in governance arrangements?

Abstract

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to explore Chinese faculty’ participation in university governance arrangements based on solid empirical data. This study found that the Chinese faculty’s participation in university governance was primarily concerned with faculty’s participation in academic committees and professors’ meetings at both departmental and college levels as well as faculty representatives’ participation in the meeting at both the faculty and the faculty union. Furthermore, the impact of Chinese university’s characteristics, the responsibilities of faculty members, and academic ranks on their participation in university governance are apparent and significant.