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Feelings over Facts--A University Merger Brings Organisational Identity to the Forefront
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Puusa, Anu; Kekäle, Jouni – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2015
This article presents a qualitative case study based on an analysis of the outcomes and meanings attributed by university academics to an institutional merger, from the perspective of organisational identity. The change process may have broadened the "us and them" gap that exists between those responsible for university leadership and…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, College Faculty, Institutional Characteristics