Ina SEJDINI
Lecturer, Professor, University of Elbasan
ina.sejdini@uniel.edu.al
Imelda SEJDINI
Associate Professor, University of Elbasan
imelda.sejdini@uniel.edu.al
Ardita TODRI
Associate Professor, University of Elbasan
ardita.todri@uniel.edu.al
Petraq PAPAJORGJI
Professor, Proinfinit Consulting Tirana
petraq@gmail.com
Christos Ap. LADIAS
Professor, Regional Science Inquiry Journal, Greece
ladias@rsijournal.eu
Filip RUXHO
Associate Professor, University “Haxhi Zeka”
filipos.ruxho@unhz.eu
(Corresponding Author)
Abstract
This paper aims to explore how higher education institutions’ (HEI) top managers, students, professors, assistant professors, education experts, and administrative staff evaluate the Albanian, Algerian, Polish, Turkish, and Spanish institutional openness toward the responsibility and sustainability approaches and analyze how it can be improved. In this research study participated 406 individuals out of 680 that were contacted. The study participants’ data were collected using an online questionnaire. The questionnaire uses four pillars concerning institutions’ responsible and sustainable approaches, each containing eight elements. These pillars are: Culture, Resources, and Infrastructure in higher education institutions; Research and Responsible Education; Solidarization for Sustainable Development and Social Management and Knowledge. We start the research with a hypothesis-free approach, and in the following, we handle a hypothesis-based approach. The study shows that the Spanish HEI exhibit higher engagement in terms of responsible and sustainable approaches followed by Turkish, Albanian, Algerian and Polish ones. Further, our analysis suggests that improving Culture, Resources, and Infrastructure toward responsible and sustainable approaches is strongly correlated with the efficient management of Research and Responsible Education, Solidarization for Sustainable Development and Social Management and Knowledge in these institutions. The study provides some practical implications for HEI stakeholders and line institutions.
Keywords: higher education institutions management, responsible management, sustainable management, countries mindsets
JEL classification: Q01, Q28, Q55
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