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A reinterpretation of institutional transformations in European higher education: strategising pluralistic organisations in multiplex environments

A reinterpretation of institutional transformations in European higher education: strategizing pluralistic organisations in multiplex environments is an original theoretical paper which develops an analytical framework based on institutional theory, the sensemaking perspective in organisation theory and strategy-as-practice to connect the macro-transformation process of the organisational field and the micro-processes of organisational strategizing. It argues that institutional theory is a relevant point of departure for exploring these issues as this theory precisely addresses the relationship between the environment and how organisations adapt to specific features exposed in this environment. It explores the concept of institutional pluralism for organisational fields and individual higher education institutions in a “Multiple institutional environments”, as well as the methodological implications of the analytical framework.