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    Corporate Governance in Higher Education: A Case Study of Higher Educational Institutes in Abu Dhabi
    (2022)
    Abu Ghosh, Malek Mousa
    The study investigated the governance practices in the higher educational Institutes (HEIs) in the Abu Dhabi. The objectives of the study were - to explore the principal characteristics of good governance; to understand whether the in Abu Dhabi higher educational Institutes observed good governance practices; and to analyse to what extent good governance is associated with quality of education in Abu Dhabi HEIs. Two hypotheses were formulated in the study and to test these a quantitative survey method has been adopted. A self-constructed questionnaire was developed on the google forms and it was distributed through mail to the sample population. The population of the study comprised of 32 staff members working with higher educational Institutes of Abu Dhabi. The results revealed that the good governance is strongly and positively correlated to the quality of education within the context of Abu Dhabi higher educational Institutes. Furthermore, the results also revealed that the governance practices within these Institutes were unable to meet the standards of good governance. Among the eight characteristics those were tested, only two elements – transparency and equity are the two characteristics in which these Institutes have reached the expected standards. However, the other six characteristics (accountability, autonomy, stakeholder participation, compliance, efficiency, and strategic vision) weren’t adopted as per the expectation of the participants. Thus, to achieve good governance it was recommended that the Institutes adopt leadership training, involving stakeholders in board and raising awareness to make policy changes.
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