In hosts, we trust: examining how WIL academics form mutual trust with industry through dialogic communication
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2018
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Burley, K.
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Smith, J.
Robinson, K.
(Eds.), M.
Robinson, K.
(Eds.), M.
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Australian Collaborative Education Network 2018 National Conference Proceedings, 2018 / Smith, J., Robinson, K., (Eds.), M. (ed./s), pp.13-18
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Australian Collaborative Education Network 2018 National Conference (3 Oct 2018 - 5 Oct 2018 : Brisbane, Australia)
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Recent Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) practice and research has detailed the necessity for strong partnerships between universities and industry, however there is a need to investigate how institutions and their representative academics can effectively build and nurture these relationships. The purpose of this paper is to improve understanding of how academics and industry partners engage in dialogic communication and build trust to form relationships. Taking a dialogic communication theoretical lens to the iterative process of trusting, data was drawn from interviews with 14 academics across Australian universities, as part of a larger study into WIL communication practices. Mutual trust is a necessary building block for relationships between WIL academics and host organisations. Findings point to this mutual trust being formed through a legitimisation of industry and academic expertise, an understanding of organisational culture and the ability for WIL academics to act as boundary spanners in the mediation and negotiation of shared meaning and goals. University workforce planning is implicated if decision makers accept the importance of WIL academics who hold legitimate industry experience to be vital boundary spanners in this nexus of negotiated meaning. Academics with strong industry ties and experience may become highly valued as WIL negotiators and leaders.
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Copyright 2018 Australian Collaborative Education Network and Authors.