Financial sustainability in Malaysian public universities

Coping with or embracing change

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20201178
AutoresSuaniza Mamat (0000-0002-9586-4922, International Islamic University Malaysia), Nik Nazli Nik Ahmad (0000-0002-3593-4204, International Islamic University Malaysia), Julia Mohd Said (0000-0003-2934-175X, International Islamic University Malaysia)
Año2021
Volumen33
Número5
Páginas599-617
Fecha de publicación2021-10-15
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Public Budgeting Accounting & Financial Management (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1096-3367 • E-ISSN: 1945-1814
EditorialEmerald (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1108/jpbafm-09-2020-0157
OpenAlexW3174578359
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas40

Purpose This paper explores the institutionalisation of a financial sustainability agenda in Malaysian public universities. Design/methodology/approach The study uses semi-structured interviews and document analysis. New Institutional Sociology and the institutional logics perspective are utilised to frame the study and explain findings. Findings The findings reveal that universities manage the conflicting academic and financial logics to co-exist to ensure legitimacy and survival. By compartmentalising the functions of key divisions and through loose coupling, universities are able to support dual logics. Research limitations/implications The paper provides university management and policy makers with insights into how leading universities in Malaysia cope with a financial sustainability agenda. Originality/value The present study documents how universities cope with and respond to government reforms and budgetary cuts in the context of a developing country, Malaysia. Most prior research in the area focuses on individual or organisational responses. This paper examines organisational-level responses but goes deeper to understand how universities, through three key divisions; bursaries, corporate strategy divisions and faculties manage to enable the multiple logics to co-exist through compartmentalisation and loose coupling

Business · Institutional theory · Institutionalisation · Legitimacy · Originality · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Sustainability · Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting · Higher Education Governance and Development · Management and Organizational Studies · Public Administration · Accounting