Antecedents and outcomes of personal mastery: cross-country evidence in Higher Education |
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Authors: | Hong TM Bui Afam Ituma Elena Antonacopoulou |
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Institution: | 1. Business School, Bournemouth University , Poole , UK;2. Vietnam National University , Hanoi , Vietnam hbui@bournemouth.ac.uk;4. Business School, Bournemouth University , Poole , UK;5. Business School, Liverpool University , Liverpool , UK |
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Abstract: | This paper contributes to our understanding of personal mastery by providing fresh insights from a cross-national study in Higher Education (HE). It presents findings from a rich sample of informants in two well-established universities in the UK and Vietnam, and develops a framework that illustrates the antecedents and outcomes of personal mastery in the two cultures. The multi-level analysis performed provides valuable insights that extend our current understanding of personal mastery beyond the individual level as it is traditionally theorized. Instead, we are able to show that a number of contextual conditions at the organizational, industry and the national culture that may also have a bearing on the way personal mastery is cultivated. By contributing a richer account of the multifaceted nature of personal mastery, the paper draws attention to a range of implications for both future research and practice. In particular, it invites practitioners in HE to apply the theories they develop in practice. |
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Keywords: | Higher Education organizational learning personal mastery |
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