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ERIC Number: EJ410504
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Science as a Vocation in the 1990s: The Changing Organizational Culture of Academic Science.
Hackett, Edward J.
Journal of Higher Education, v61 n3 p241-79 May-Jun 1990
There is increased dependence of academic science on external resources with attendant consequences for academic culture. This article suggests a framework for analyzing such changes, viewing culture as a set of axes of variation and drawing upon organizational theory, particularly resource dependence and institutional perspectives, to explain why change occurs. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Biology, Career Choice, College Faculty, Culture, Entrepreneurship, Financial Support, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Interviews, Models, Occupations, Organizational Change, Organizational Theories, Sciences, Scientific Research, Scientists, Values
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Isomorphism