Myth and ceremony in financial decision making under stress. Case studies from Mexican universities.

Autor/in	Martinez, Nora H.
Titel	Myth and ceremony in financial decision making under stress. Case studies from Mexican universities.
Quelle	In: Higher education, 27 (1994) 3, S. 297-312Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben 32
Sprache	englisch; englische Zusammenfassung
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560; 1573-174X
DOI	10.1007/BF01432072
Schlagwörter	Entscheidung; Finanzen; Finanzplanung; Rechnungswesen; Hochschulverwaltung; Hochschule; Mexiko
Abstract	Based on case studies of a private and a public Mexican university, this research studied the economic strategies adopted. to respond to financial stress. Rather than assuming that these strategies were selected primarily on the basis of their economic efficiency, the social processes that led to their adoption werd explored. ... Results indicate that financial stress was managed through economic measures, however the universities' institutional environment filtered and gave specific meaning to particular decision strategies. Institutional rules in the environment, acquiring the character of rationalized myths, permeated and determined decision-making choices, and were evidenced in and sustained by mimetic, normative and coercive processes. In this light, the institutional environment pervaded and predicted rational decisions, (DIPF/Abstract uebernommen)
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	1995_(CD)