A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Emergence and early institutionalization of competition in higher education: evidence from Finnish business schools
Authors: Kettunen Kerttu, Alajoutsijärvi Kimmo, Hunnes John Arngrim, Pinheiro Rómulo
Publisher: Springer
Publication year: 2022
Journal: Tertiary Education and Management
Journal name in source: TERTIARY EDUCATION AND MANAGEMENT
Journal acronym: TERT EDUC MANAG
Number of pages: 25
ISSN: 1358-3883
eISSN: 1573-1936
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11233-022-09104-9
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1007/s11233-022-09104-9
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/177926653
This paper investigates the emergence and early institutionalization of competition in higher education (HE), specifically in business schools. First, building on key contributions from economics, management studies, sociology, and HE research, we develop propositions on competition in HE and formulate our theoretical framework. Second, we apply this framework to explore competition in Finnish business schools. We argue that business schools constitute an interesting field for studying competition in HE because they are the frontrunners and champions of competition-based views in HE. Our main contribution is a novel explanation of the preconditions, emergence, and early processes of institutionalization that drive HE institutions to compete and collectively produce the observed competitive transformation.
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