| An assessment of agency theory as a framework for the government–university relationship J Kivistö Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management 30 (4), 339-350, 2008 | 168 | 2008 |
| Interests, information, and incentives in higher education: Principal-agent theory and its potential applications to the study of higher education governance JE Lane, J Kivistö Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, 141-179, 2008 | 167* | 2008 |
| Agency theory as a framework for the government-university relationship J Kivistö Tampere University Press, 2007 | 154 | 2007 |
| The government‐higher education institution relationship: Theoretical considerations from the perspective of agency theory J Kivistö Tertiary Education & Management 11 (1), 1-17, 2005 | 131 | 2005 |
| Tuition fees for international students in Finland: where to go from here? Y Cai, J Kivistö Journal of Studies in International Education 17 (1), 55-78, 2013 | 61 | 2013 |
| Finnish higher education institutions as exporters of education–Are they ready Y Cai, S Hölttä, J Kivistö Higher education research in Finland: Emerging structures and contemporary …, 2012 | 29 | 2012 |
| Information as a regulative element in higher education systems J Kivistö, S Hölttä Tertiary Education and Management 14 (4), 331-344, 2008 | 21 | 2008 |
| Management and academic profession: comparing the Finnish professors with and without management positions. E Pekkola, T Siekkinen, A Kivistö, Jussi & Lyytinen Studies in Higher Education, 2017 | 20 | 2017 |
| The influence of performance-based management on teaching and research performance of Finnish senior academics J Kivistö, E Pekkola, A Lyytinen Tertiary Education and Management 23 (3), 260-275, 2017 | 19 | 2017 |
| Balancing accountability and trust: university reforms in the Nordic countries HF Hansen, L Geschwind, J Kivistö, E Pekkola, R Pinheiro, K Pulkkinen Higher Education 78 (3), 557-573, 2019 | 18 | 2019 |
| Mitattavissa oleva tuottavuus Suomen yliopistoissa T Räty, J Kivistö Helsinki, 2006 | 18 | 2006 |
| New elitism in universal higher education: The building process, policy and the idea of Aalto University J Kivistö, J Tirronen Higher education research in Finland, 69-87, 2012 | 17 | 2012 |
| Scenarios of quality assurance of stakeholder relationships in Finnish higher education institutions A Lyytinen, V Kohtamäki, J Kivistö, E Pekkola, S Hölttä Quality in Higher education 23 (1), 35-49, 2017 | 16 | 2017 |
| Agency theory as a framework for higher education governance J Kivistö, I Zalyevska The Palgrave international handbook of higher education policy and …, 2015 | 16 | 2015 |
| Emerging markets in the Finnish system S Hölttä, T Jansson, J Kivistö Higher education and the market, 123-134, 2010 | 16 | 2010 |
| Neliportaisen tutkijanuramallin arviointihanke: Loppuraportti J Välimaa, J Stenvall, T Siekkinen, E Pekkola, J Kivistö, K Kuoppala, ... Opetus-ja kulttuuriministeriö, 2016 | 14* | 2016 |
| Impacts of performance-based funding on higher education institutions: A literature review J Kivistö, V Kohtamäki EAIR 37th Annual Forum in Krems, Austria, 2015 | 14* | 2015 |
| Performance in higher education institutions and its variations in Nordic policy J Kivistö, E Pekkola, LN Berg, HF Hansen, L Geschwind, A Lyytinen Reforms, organizational change and performance in higher education, 37-67, 2019 | 13 | 2019 |
| Recruitments in Finnish universities: practicing strategic or pathetic HRM? T Siekkinen, E Pekkola, J Kivistö Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy 2016 (2-3), 32316, 2016 | 13 | 2016 |
| Higher education reforms in Finland and China: Experiences and challenges in post-massification era C Yuzhuo, J Kivistö Tampere University Press, 2011 | 13 | 2011 |
Taru SiekkinenPostdoctoral researcher, University of JyväskyläVerified email at jyu.fi
