Collegiality versus managerialism : the binary that binds us

![CDATA[Changes in higher education affecting academic work are often problematised in terms of the decline of the collegial culture in the climate of increased managerialisation and external regulation of academic work leading to a fundamental sense of loss and disenchantment among academics. In this paper we critique the construction of a binary relationship between collegiality and managerialism. We explore the multiple meanings of collegiality circulating in academia and higher education literature and draw on the post-structuralist analytic framework of political and social theory developed by Glynos & Howarth (2007) to analyse what we see as unnecessarily adversarial and simplistic view of collegiality in academia today. We argue that spaces for new imaginings and practices of collegiality could be opened by abandoning the grand narrative of collegiality versus managerialism dichotomy.]]