Stratified University Strategies: The Shaping of Institutional Legitimacy in a Global Perspective

Autor/inn/en	Stensaker, Bjørn; Lee, Jenny J.; Rhoades, Gary; Ghosh, Sowmya; Castiello-Gutiérrez, Santiago; Vance, Hillary; Çalikoglu, Alper; Kramer, Vannessa; Liu, Shuiyun; Marei, Mahmoud Sayed; O'Toole, Leslie; Pavlyutkin, Ivan; Peel, Cassandra
Titel	Stratified University Strategies: The Shaping of Institutional Legitimacy in a Global Perspective
Quelle	In: Journal of Higher Education, 90 (2019) 4, S.539-562 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Stensaker, Bjørn) ORCID (Lee, Jenny J.) ORCID (Ghosh, Sowmya) ORCID (Castiello-Gutiérrez, Santiago) ORCID (Çalikoglu, Alper) ORCID (Liu, Shuiyun) ORCID (Marei, Mahmoud Sayed) ORCID (Pavlyutkin, Ivan) ORCID (Peel, Cassandra)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1546
DOI	10.1080/00221546.2018.1513306
Schlagwörter	Universities; Strategic Planning; Institutional Characteristics; Organizational Theories; Achievement Rating; Reputation; Social Stratification; Global Approach; Values; Foreign Countries; United States; Canada; China; Israel; Colombia; Chile; United Kingdom; Singapore; South Africa; Turkey; Morocco; Kenya; Norway; India; Italy; Japan; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? University; Universität; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Organisationstheorie; Achievement; Rating; Leistung; Beurteilung; Leistungsbeurteilung; Soziale Zusammensetzung; Globales Denken; Wertbegriff; Ausland; USA; Kanada; Kolumbien; Großbritannien; Singapur; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik; Türkei; Marokko; Kenia; Norwegen; Indien; Italien; Schweden
Abstract	Globalizing forces have both transformed the higher education sector and made it increasingly homogenous. Growing similarities among universities have been attributed to isomorphic pressures to ensure and/or enhance legitimacy by imitating higher education institutions that are perceived as successful internationally, particularly universities that are highly ranked globally (Cantwell & Kauppinen, 2014; DiMaggio and Powell, 1983). In this study, we compared the strategic plans of 78 high-ranked, low-ranked, and unranked universities in 33 countries in 9 regions of the world. In analyzing the plans of these 78 universities, the study explored patterns of similarity and difference in universities' strategic positioning according to Suchman's (1995) 3 types of legitimacy: cognitive, pragmatic, and moral. We found evidence of stratified university strategies in a global higher education landscape that varied by institutional status. In offering a corrective to neoinstitutional theory, we suggest that patterns of globalization are mediated by status-based differences in aspirational behavior (Riesman, 1958) and "old institutional" forces (Stinchcombe, 1997) that contribute to differently situated universities pursuing new paths in seeking to build external legitimacy. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01