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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 18
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Shaping Institutional Environments: The Process of Becoming Legitimate
Rusch, Edith A.; Wilbur, Catherine
Review of Higher Education, v30 n3 p301-318 Spr 2007
Scott and Meyer (1991) suggest that individual organizations must conform to elaborate rules and institutional scripts to achieve legitimacy. In the case of the College of Business at Potential University (pseudonym), legitimacy was accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). This case study used Benson's (1977) dialectical theory to understand how mimetic, coercive, and normative isomorphism influenced faculty, administrators, and the institution as they worked to achieve legitimacy.
Descriptors: Case Studies, Social Behavior, Accreditation (Institutions), Power Structure, Business Administration Education, Professional Associations, Organizational Theories, Organizational Change, Job Performance, Scholarship, Expectation, Reputation, Faculty Development, Organizational Culture
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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