TY - JOUR
T1 - The Impact of Competing Institutional Pressures and Logics on the Use of Performance Measurement in Hybrid Universities
AU - Grossi, Giuseppe
AU - Dobija, Dorota
AU - Strzelczyk, Wojciech
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This study contributes to the current debate on competing institutional pressures and logics and performance measurement practices in hybrid universities and examines how shifts in logics have affected performance measurement practices at the organizational and individual levels. It draws upon the theoretical lenses of institutional theory and adopts a longitudinal case study methodology based on participant observations and retrospective interviews. The findings show that universities and academic workers are affected by external pressures related to higher education that include government regulations and control of the state (state pressure), the expectations of the professional norms and collegiality of the academic community (academic pressures), and the need to comply with international standards and market mechanisms (market pressures). Academic workers operate in an organizational context in which conflicting conditions from both academic and business logics co-exist. The results indicate that institutional pressures and logics related to the higher education field and organizational context shape the use of universities’ performance measurement practices and result in diverse solutions. While previous literature has focused mainly on competing logics and the tensions they may generate, this study shows that, in a university context, potentially conflicting logics may co-exist and create robust combinations.
AB - This study contributes to the current debate on competing institutional pressures and logics and performance measurement practices in hybrid universities and examines how shifts in logics have affected performance measurement practices at the organizational and individual levels. It draws upon the theoretical lenses of institutional theory and adopts a longitudinal case study methodology based on participant observations and retrospective interviews. The findings show that universities and academic workers are affected by external pressures related to higher education that include government regulations and control of the state (state pressure), the expectations of the professional norms and collegiality of the academic community (academic pressures), and the need to comply with international standards and market mechanisms (market pressures). Academic workers operate in an organizational context in which conflicting conditions from both academic and business logics co-exist. The results indicate that institutional pressures and logics related to the higher education field and organizational context shape the use of universities’ performance measurement practices and result in diverse solutions. While previous literature has focused mainly on competing logics and the tensions they may generate, this study shows that, in a university context, potentially conflicting logics may co-exist and create robust combinations.
KW - hybrid universities
KW - institutional logics
KW - institutional pressures
KW - performance measurement
KW - Poland
U2 - 10.1080/15309576.2019.1684328
DO - 10.1080/15309576.2019.1684328
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85074762524
SN - 1530-9576
VL - 43
SP - 818
EP - 844
JO - Public Performance and Management Review
JF - Public Performance and Management Review
IS - 4
ER -