Re‐examining and developing the notion of academic citizenship: A critical literature review

Abstract

The notion of academic citizenship has been largely associated with the service role which is a part of academic work seen as additional to teaching and research. The changing landscapes of higher education and the increasing diversity of academic work have prompted debates on what academic citizenship means. This paper challenges the conventional association of academic citizenship with the service role and presents a critical review of the key themes and issues explored in extant literature on the subject. Drawing upon the general view of citizenship as practice, itproposes that the different dimensions of academic work be seen integratively, with academic citizenship reframed beyond the service role. We argue that academic citizenship needs to be conceptualised as a practice of enactment, that is, by the values, processes and means by which it is enacted and asserted as academics draw on freedoms, autonomy and individual motivations.

Unlocking Academic Excellence: The Impact of Academic Citizenship Behaviour on Students’ Performance in Higher Education

“…Beyond the pursuit of grades and degrees, the modern education emphasizes active participation and good contributions to the academic community. The academic citizenship behavior, a comprehensive framework that captures students' proactive participation in the educational ecosystem, is at vanguard of this paradigm change (Albia, & Ming, 2023). The most important of these is the existence of a significant influence relationship between academic citizenship behavior in its dimensions and cultural capital in its dimensions, with one of research's most important recommendations being to invest in nature of impact relationship amid academic citizenship behavior (Selim, 2022).…”