2002/07/01 by Adrianna Kezar, Peter D. Eckel · 237 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Social Sciences · #Accounting #Anthropology #Audit #Business #Culture change #Ethnography #Higher Education Governance and Development #Higher education #Institutional change #International Student and Expatriate Challenges #Management and Organizational Studies #Organizational change #Organizational culture #Political science #Process (computing) #Public administration #Public relations #Social science #Sociology
paper · doi:10.1080/00221546.2002.11777159
published in The Journal of Higher Education 73(4), 435-460 (Taylor & Francis)
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This study examines the impact of institutional culture on the change process in colleges and universities. Using an ethnographic approach and two-tiered cultural framework, it investigates comprehensive change at six institutions. Results suggest that campuses should conduct audits of their institutional culture before engaging in the change process.