Fumasoli, T;
Barbato, G;
Turri, M;
(2019)
The determinants of university strategic positioning: A reappraisal of the organizational dimension.
Higher Education
10.1007/s10734-019-00481-6.
(In press).
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Abstract
This paper makes a contribution to the debate on university organisational actorhood by theorising the determinants of institutional strategic positioning. It argues that besides environmental forces and managerial rationality, the organisational dimension needs to be accounted for. Addressing the mixed empirical evidence in the relevant literature, we conceptualise the organisational dimension as a meso-level intervening variable mediating both external influences (outside-inside) and organisational action (inside-outside). We operationalize the organizational dimension along three components: organizational structure, identity, and centrality, which are further elaborated in sub-components and indicators. A set of hypotheses to be tested in empirical research is provided. The paper offers new perspectives on the dynamics of change in higher education and on strategic agency of organizational actors.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The determinants of university strategic positioning: A reappraisal of the organizational dimension |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10734-019-00481-6 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-019-00481-6 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Strategic positioning, Determinism, Intentionality, organisational actorhood, Institutionalism, Higher Education |
| 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 - Education, Practice and Society |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10087694 |
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