Understanding organizational identity in universities
Unravelling autonomy, governance and leadership in the case of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21592742 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A C Flipse (0000-0003-1745-4941, Department of Art & Culture, History, Antiquity, Faculty of Humanities Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam the Netherlands, corresponding author), F Smit (0000-0002-7312-7665, Department of Art & Culture, History, Antiquity, Faculty of Humanities Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam the Netherlands), Jeroen Huisman (0000-0003-2241-9980, Centre for Higher Education Governance Ghent (CHEGG), Department of Sociology Ghent University Ghent Belgium) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 254-267 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Higher Education Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0951-5224 • E-ISSN: 1468-2273 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/hequ.12458 |
| OpenAlex | W4385739974 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 16 |
This paper offers a historical analysis of organizational identity development at a particular Dutch university, the Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam. Our analysis contributes to the discussion on what factors contribute to organizational identity maintenance and evolution. Whereas the literature suggests a rather straightforward development, with national and institutional governance arrangements offering more institutional autonomy and providing significant scope for identity development and profiling, this case study shows that these relationships between identity, governance, and autonomy are not that obvious. In this particular case, the opposite happened. Despite more autonomy, VU Amsterdam was not able to maintain its historically distinctive identity, nor was it able to replace this with a new, unambiguous identity. External factors (demographics) and internal dynamics (leadership strategies) explain the anomalies
Autonomy · Corporate governance · Demographics · Economics · Management · Organizational commitment · Organizational identity · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Higher Education Governance and Development · International Student and Expatriate Challenges · Law · Management and Organizational Studies
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| Citations per year | 3.5 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |