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Higher Education Organizations as Strategic Actors in Networks: Institutional and Relational Perspectives Meet Social Network Analysis

  • Informed by multiple disciplines, theories, and methods, higher education scholars have developed a robust and diverse literature in many countries. Yet, some important (organizational) sociological perspectives, both more established and more recent, are insufficiently linked. In particular, we identify two theoretical strands – institutional and relational – that, when joined, help to explain contemporary developments in global higher education and yield new organizational insights. We review relevant literature from each perspective, both in their general formulations and with specific reference to contemporary higher education research. Within the broad institutional strand, we highlight strategic action fields, organizational actorhood, and associational memberships. Within the relational strand, we focus on ties and relationships that are especially crucial as science has entered an age of (inter)national research collaboration. Across these theories, we discuss linkages between concepts, objects, and levels of analysis. We explore the methodological approach of social network analysis as it offers great potential to connect these strands and, thus, to advance contemporary higher education research in a collaborative era.

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Document Type:Part of a Book
Language:English
Author(s):Marcelo Marques, Mike Zapp, Jennifer Dusdal, Justin J.W. Powell
Editor(s):Jeroen Huisman, Malcolm Tight
Parent Title (English):Theory and Method in Higher Education Research
Publisher:Emerald Publishing Limited
Place of Publisher:Bingley
Publication year:2021
Publishing Institution:Hertie School
First Page:55
Last Page:73
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1108/S2056-375220210000007004
ISBN:978-1-80262-442-7
Release Date:2022/04/21
Volume:7
Licence of document (German):Metadaten / metadata
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