Creating Organizational Culture Through Academic Inbreeding: A Case From Turkey

• In Event: Organizational Theory Across and Beyond the Education Sector

Abstract

In this article, we explore how academic inbreeding policies and practices might contribute to the research and teaching cultures at one of the technical public university in Turkey. Building on literature review and work on the relationship between academic inbreeding and the status of research in higher education institutions, we examine some of the mechanisms that map the territory of institutional research culture and trace the links between inbreeding policies and practices and scientific research and cultures. In this study, the data is drawn from Annual Strategic Planning Reports of the university, and additional interviews were also conducted. Findings revealed that there is a tendency to employ undergraduate and master degree inbreeds while mobility is supported at Ph.D. level.

Authors

• Ozlem Fatma Yildirim Tasti, Middle East Technical University

• Duygun Gokturk Agin, Middle East Technical University

• Anil Kandemir, Middle East Technical University

• Gokce Gokalp, Middle East Technical University

• Hasan Yucel Ertem, Middle East Technical University