Academic inbreeding as a hiring policy: Capturing the voices of faculty from Turkey
KEDI JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL POLICY, cilt.19, sa.2, ss.27-53, 2022 (SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 19 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2022
- Doi Numarası: 10.22804/kjep.2022.19.2.002
- Dergi Adı: KEDI JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL POLICY
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, EBSCO Education Source
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.27-53
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
This paper explores the phenomenon of
academic inbreeding in Turkey’s higher education through the experiences of
academics. Using purposive sampling, 16 academics were interviewed through
semi-structured questions, and descriptive and thematic analysis were employed.
Results suggest that there are some commonalities yet some differences in the
perspectives of academics. There exists a good agreement on the idea that the
limitation of inbreeding practice would be legitimate, yet, inbred academics consider
inbreeding as useful and reasonable whereas non-inbred describe it inevitable
and problematic. Participants identified the main motives of inbreeding in
Turkish academia as provincialism, academic nepotism, eastern culture, and
institutional culture and traditions. Each theme is discussed based on both
narratives and related literature, and implications are presented.