The Mission Statement in Catholic Higher Education Organizations and Identity Challenges

Autor/inn/en	Serra, Fernando Antonio Ribeiro; Mazieri, Marcos Rogério; Scafuto, Isabel Cristina; Westarb Cruz, June Alisson; Pinoti, Fabio
Titel	The Mission Statement in Catholic Higher Education Organizations and Identity Challenges
Quelle	In: International Journal of Educational Management, 36 (2022) 6, S.984-1001 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Serra, Fernando Antonio Ribeiro) ORCID (Scafuto, Isabel Cristina) ORCID (Westarb Cruz, June Alisson) ORCID (Pinoti, Fabio)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-354X
DOI	10.1108/IJEM-09-2021-0367
Schlagwörter	Catholic Schools; Higher Education; Institutional Mission; Content Analysis; Foreign Countries; Institutional Characteristics; Brazil + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Katholische Schule; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Inhaltsanalyse; Ausland; Brasilien
Abstract	Purpose: Mission statements are usually related to strategic management and elements related to the organization's identity. Catholic higher education organizations (CHEOs) identity is based on the Charisma of the founder of the Catholic order or congregation. If in contradiction, it puts their organizational legitimacy at risk. If organizations deviate from their identity, it means a mission drift. Even more severe is when mission statements are misaligned with the identity. In this study, the authors seek better understand the mission drift by the misalignment between the mission statement and the organizational identity of the CHEOs. Design/methodology/approach: The authors examine the mission statements of 112 Catholic CHEOs in Brazil. They used lexical analysis based on descending hierarchical classification and post-factorial analysis. They analyzed the vocabularies of each class extracted from the descending hierarchical classification and determine the presence or absence of the Charisma. Findings: The results indicate that aspects of Catholic identity through the Charisma are manifested in the organizational mission but are not predominant. There is a variation of the mission statements relative to the Charisma of the orders and congregations. A significant part manifests generically. They respond in a similar and isomorphic way or to internal institutional pressures of CHEOs. Originality/value: The authors empirically identified a mission drift, considering the mismatch between the mission statement and the Charisma. The authors emphasize that for organizational identity to manifest, it should consider the identity that emerges from the founder's Charisma. This influence must appear in central elements of the organizational identity, such as the mission statements. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01