International Business and Accounting Research Journal
Vol 1, No 2 (2017): July 2017

The University Identity: Communication of Identity Themes

Bük, Tuba Bozaykut (Unknown)
Duman, Åžirin Atakan- (Unknown)
Paşamehmetoğlu, Ayşın (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
08 Jul 2017

Abstract

 Earlier research has brought organizational identity to the fore as an institutional response to the developments in higher education field. Following literature, this study aims to examine the organizational identity of universities through an analysis of themes communicated at their websites. The study findings reveal that participant universities communicate five common identity themes institutionalized by higher education field. Among these themes, social values presented to the society for belongingness and capacity for enriching main university functions are found out to be most communicated themes. The findings also show that each university communicates distinct themes that still fall under these five common themes. Therefore, the study presents that distinct themes symbolizing the uniqueness claim of the university identity emerge within the pre-determined theme categories in the field.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ibarj

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

International Business and Accounting Research Journal seeks to consolidate its position as the premier vehicle for the diversification of academic finance. The journal publishes high quality, insightful, well-written papers that explore current and new issues in International Finance. The editorial ...