Institutional Complexity in the Field of Offshore Campuses : Dealing with Competing Institutional Logics in Borderless Higher Education
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2014-07-03
Author(s)
Abstract
This paper explores the institutional logics in the organizational field of offshore campuses in Singapore. According to the neo?institutional theory, institutional logics provide the organizing principles for guiding behavior of actors in a field. However, more and more organizations are being confronted with competing
institutional logics which cause irreconcilable conflicts. Compliance to demands is difficult to realize, since satisfying some demands requires defying others. This paper sets the basis to encounter the remaining question: how are organizations dealing with competing institutional logics? An inductive comparative case study has been conducted in order to grasp the institutional complexity in the context of borderless higher education. As a result, the author identifies six different institutional logics which are predominant in the field. The research findings contribute to institutional literature by proving that competing logics can co?exist in the same field and competition between these logics leads to institutional complexity. The key contribution is a more precise picture of the institutional demands in the field of international branch campuses.
institutional logics which cause irreconcilable conflicts. Compliance to demands is difficult to realize, since satisfying some demands requires defying others. This paper sets the basis to encounter the remaining question: how are organizations dealing with competing institutional logics? An inductive comparative case study has been conducted in order to grasp the institutional complexity in the context of borderless higher education. As a result, the author identifies six different institutional logics which are predominant in the field. The research findings contribute to institutional literature by proving that competing logics can co?exist in the same field and competition between these logics leads to institutional complexity. The key contribution is a more precise picture of the institutional demands in the field of international branch campuses.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
SHSS - Kulturen, Institutionen, Maerkte (KIM)
Refereed
No
Book title
Reimagining, Rethinking, Reshaping
Publisher
30th EGOS Colloquium Rotterdam, 2014
Start page
1
End page
27
Pages
27
Event Title
30th European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium
Event Location
Rotterdam
Event Date
03.-05.07.2014
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
238969
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