Defensive stakeholder management in European universities: an institutional logics perspective

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 2218-2231

  Mampaey, Jelle ^a,b   Huisman, Jeroen ^a  

^a Centre for Higher Education Governance   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

defensive strategies; institutional logics; new institutional theory; stakeholder management; universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928243200     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2015.1029904     Document Type: Article

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