TY  - JOUR
A1  - Seyfried, Markus
A1  - Ansmann, Moritz
A1  - Pohlenz, Philipp
T1  - Institutional isomorphism, entrepreneurship and effectiveness
BT  - the adoption and implementation of quality management in teaching and learning in Germany
JF  - Tertiary Education and Management
N2  - This paper presents empirical evidence on the adoption, implementation and the perceived effectiveness of quality management in teaching and learning in German higher education institutions. Theoretically, the article combines two new institutionalist approaches: institutional isomorphism and institutional entrepreneurship. Empirically, the study refers to qualitative interview data and quantitative survey data. The analysis reveals that isomorphism is a leading driver behind the adoption of quality management in German higher education institutions, whereas institutional entrepreneurship plays an important role in quality management implementation. While isomorphism can be regarded as a conclusive reason behind the absence of a perception of quality management’s effectiveness, institutional entrepreneurship may function as a corrective towards the overall negative impact of isomorphic conformity by institutionalizing quality management in a sustainable manner.
KW  - Higher education
KW  - Quality management
KW  - Quality assurance
KW  - New institutionalism
KW  - Isomorphism
KW  - Institutional entrepreneurship
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11233-019-09022-3
SN  - 1358-3883
SN  - 1573-1936
VL  - 25
IS  - 2
SP  - 115
EP  - 129
PB  - Springer
CY  - Dordrecht
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wenzel, Bertolt
T1  - Organizing coordination in fisheries and marine environmental management: Patterns of organizational change in Europe
JF  - Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
N2  - Over the past decade, an increasing number of public organizations involved in marine governance in Europe have adapted their formal coordination structures for fisheries and marine environmental management. This study examines why the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), DG FISH of the European Commission, the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (IMR), and the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (SwAM) have changed their sectoral structures into organizations with a geographical focus on marine ecosystems. The study finds that the gradual convergence of formal coordination structures for fisheries and marine environmental management is driven by coercive, normative and mimetic processes of isomorphism. The structural changes reflect an organizational adaptation to a changing institutional environment and an Ecosystem Approach to Management (EAM) focusing on regional marine areas, cross-sector integration and coordination. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
KW  - Public organizations
KW  - Coordination
KW  - Fisheries management
KW  - Marine environmental management
KW  - Isomorphism
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2016.10.012
SN  - 0964-5691
SN  - 1873-524X
VL  - 134
SP  - 194
EP  - 206
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Oxford
ER  -