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The Organisational Evolution of Contemporary International Schools
Journal of Research in International Education Pub Date : 2019-08-01 , DOI: 10.1177/1475240919865033
Denry Machin 1
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Whereas growth in international school numbers is widely reported, less attention has been given to how these schools have developed as organisations. Drawing on organisational life-cycle models (Greiner, 1972) and the work of DiMaggio and Powell (1983), this paper addresses that gap. As international schools grow individually, and as the field expands collectively, processes of institutionalism are affecting the legitimacy of claims to ‘international’ status and, this paper argues, are also normalising organisational shape, structure, form and function. Schools (and their leaders) face isomorphic pressures to mimic each other, are being coerced into similar form and are adopting field-wide normative practices. The paper concludes, however, by showing that culturalist perspectives and institutional entrepreneurship offer an alternative. Reproduction of organisational form may to some extent be inevitable, but that reproduction is moderated by diversity and can be manipulated and resisted by school leaders strong enough to escape the iron cage.

中文翻译:

当代国际学校的组织演变

虽然国际学校数量的增长被广泛报道,但对这些学校如何发展为组织的关注较少。本文利用组织生命周期模型 (Greiner, 1972) 以及 DiMaggio 和 Powell (1983) 的工作,解决了这一差距。随着国际学校的发展以及该领域的集体扩张,制度主义的进程正在影响声称“国际”地位的合法性,本文认为,也正在使组织形态、结构、形式和功能正常化。学校(及其领导者)面临着相互模仿的同构压力,被迫采用相似的形式,并正在采用全领域的规范实践。然而,本文的结论是表明文化主义观点和制度创业提供了另一种选择。
更新日期:2019-08-01
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