Trust-Based Quality Culture Conceptual Model for Higher Education Institutions

Małgorzata Dzimińska, Justyna Fijałkowska and Łukasz Sułkowski
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Małgorzata Dzimińska: Management Department, University of Social Sciences, 9 Sienkiewicza Street, 90-113 Łódź, Poland
Justyna Fijałkowska: Finance and Accounting Department, University of Social Sciences, 9 Sienkiewicza Street, 90-113 Łódź, Poland
Łukasz Sułkowski: HEI Management Department, Jagiellonian University, 4 Prof. Stanisław Łojasiewicz Street, 30-348 Kraków, Poland

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 8, 1-22

Abstract: Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) play a crucial role in societies as they enhance the sustainable development of nations. In a context of increasing competition and financial difficulties in higher education institutions, the loyalty of students, faculty and administration staff as well as institutional reputation are key factors for survival and success. They are built upon trust and high quality of services rendered by HEIs. The intentional development of trust serves the purpose of enhancing the quality culture in higher education. The concept of quality culture has become a natural successor of quality management and quality assurance in universities presenting a new perspective for viewing quality at HEIs—as a combination of structural and managerial with cultural and psychological components. This paper provides an elaboration of a novel Trust-Based Quality Culture Conceptual Model for Higher Education Institutions which presents the perceived interconnections between trust and quality culture at HEIs. It can form a source for an inquiry process at HEIs, thus contributing to better contextual diagnosis of the stage where HEI is in the process of building the quality culture based on trust. The findings of this study are important in better understanding the quality culture development in HEIs that is based on trust, loyalty and reputation. It may have an impact on the decision-making processes concerning HEIs’ management. The proposed model contributes to the need for greater clarity, ordering and systematization of the role of trust in the processes of quality culture development.

Keywords: trust; quality culture; universities; higher education institutions; conceptual model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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