Seeber, M;
Lepori, B;
Montauti, M;
Enders, J;
de Boer, H;
Weyer, E;
Bleiklie, I;
... Reale, E; + view all
(2015)
European Universities as Complete
Organizations? Understanding Identity,
Hierarchy and Rationality in Public
Organizations.
Public Management Review
, 17
(10)
pp. 1444-1474.
10.1080/14719037.2014.943268.
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Abstract
This article investigates the form of European universities to determine the extent to which they resemble the characteristics of complete organizations and whether the forms are associated with modernization policy pressure, national institutional frames and organizational characteristics. An original data set of twenty-six universities from eight countries was used. Specialist universities have a stronger identity, whereas the level of hierarchy and rationality is clearly associated with the intensity of modernization policies. At the same time, evidence suggests limitations for universities to become complete, as mechanisms allowing the development of some dimensions seemingly constrain the capability to develop others.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | European Universities as Complete Organizations? Understanding Identity, Hierarchy and Rationality in Public Organizations |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14719037.2014.943268 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2014.943268 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Identity, hierarchy, rationality, modernization policies, NPM, Neo-Weberian state, universities |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10048407 |
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