Overview
- Shows that universities are increasingly influenced by globalization.
- Argues that managing their reputation is of increasing importance for universities.
- Stresses that the increasing organizational differentiation of universities is connected to interaction with external stake-holders.
Part of the book series: Public Sector Organizations (PSO)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Introduction
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Reputation Management
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Social Embeddedness and Organizational Differentiation
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Concluding Reflections
Keywords
- universities
- formalization
- rationalization
- reputation management
- social embeddedness
- comparative analysis
- core symbols
- nordic universities
- reputation management
- academic league tables
- elite universities
- insitutional diversity
- organizational actor
- professionalization
- socially-embedded universities
- Chinese universities
- convergence
- divergence
- reputation management profiles
- cultural and symbolic explanations
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Åse Gornitzka is Professor of Public Policy and Administration at Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Norway.
Francisco O. Ramirez is Professor of Education and (by courtesy) Sociology, Stanford University, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Universities as Agencies
Book Subtitle: Reputation and Professionalization
Editors: Tom Christensen, Åse Gornitzka, Francisco O. Ramirez
Series Title: Public Sector Organizations
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92713-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-92712-1Published: 20 August 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06498-3Published: 25 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-92713-8Published: 04 August 2018
Series ISSN: 2946-2290
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2304
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 278
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations
Topics: Public Policy, Globalization, Educational Policy and Politics, Sociology of Education, Higher Education