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Implementation of Ambiguous Governance Instruments in Higher Education
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Mari Elken; Siri B. Borlaug – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2024
The article examines how higher education institutions respond to ambiguous governance instruments. A key focus is how ambiguity is tackled in the interpretation and implementation processes. Building on theoretical perspectives from institutional analysis of organisations, an empirical point of departure is the analysis of ten higher education…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Ambiguity (Context), Ambiguity (Semantics), Governance