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<p>This paper contributes to the current understanding of university governance by looking at academic-administrative differences from the perspectives of two mid-level administrative groups in a highly institutionalized context. The paper draws on a sample of 90 college (associate) deans and 126 (vice-)directors of major university bureaucracies from China’s provincially affiliated universities. The paper compares their perceptions of how their institutions allocate financial resources. Multivariate analysis of variance reveals a significant overall difference in mean scores, though the actual size of the difference is small. Furthermore, results of multigroup analysis show that, of the 15 relationships among the resource allocation variables that deans and directors potentially perceive, five differ across groups. Findings suggest that mid-level administrators working in Chinese universities present a picture of relative similarity in their perceptions of institutional resource allocation. Implications of the findings for theory, policy, and practice are discussed.</p>

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More Similarities than Differences: Mid-Level Administrators’ Perceptions of Resource Allocation in Chinese Universities

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    2025年5月16日

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  • Chao Xu

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This paper contributes to the current understanding of university governance by looking at academic-administrative differences from the perspectives of two mid-level administrative groups in a highly institutionalized context. The paper draws on a sample of 90 college (associate) deans and 126 (vice-)directors of major university bureaucracies from China’s provincially affiliated universities. The paper compares their perceptions of how their institutions allocate financial resources. Multivariate analysis of variance reveals a significant overall difference in mean scores, though the actual size of the difference is small. Furthermore, results of multigroup analysis show that, of the 15 relationships among the resource allocation variables that deans and directors potentially perceive, five differ across groups. Findings suggest that mid-level administrators working in Chinese universities present a picture of relative similarity in their perceptions of institutional resource allocation. Implications of the findings for theory, policy, and practice are discussed.