Effect of Corporate Academic Identity on Faculty Conflicts: Tomsk Imperial University
https://doi.org/10.21603/sibscript-2025-27-6-1015-1024
Abstract
Alma mater identity was a significant factor in resolving intra-university conflicts among faculty members in the Russian Empire. The research focused on the history of conflicts in the Tomsk Imperial University as a typical provincial university. The socio-economic changes that occurred in Russia at the turn of the 21st century triggered a total restructure of alma mater identities, and the historical precedents of previous epochs may help the current management of academic conflicts. Before the Russian Revolution of 1917, corporate academic identity was a complex sociocultural phenomenon that combined elements of public service and academic practice. It was characterized by regulatory and legal foundations, symbolic practices, social structure, communication networks, regional specificity, and strife. Alma mater identity developed at the intersection of statutory requirements, academic traditions, and regional context. Effective conflict management required institutionalized mediation and a careful consideration of regional corporate codes. After the Revolution, the balance between formal norms and informal connections was disrupted, and it became impossible to maintain unity. Social transformations developed new identities and changed the existing ones, which naturally affected the academic environment. However, the general effect of socio-legal academic status on corporate identity was rather weak.
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Kamila Z. Ragimova
Kemerovo State University
Russian Federation
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Russian Federation
Kemerovo
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