Exploring organisational culture in higher educational institutions: a comparative study Online publication date: Tue, 14-Dec-2021
by Marina Sousa; Maria João Raposo; Jorge Mendonça; Beatriz Corchuelo
International Journal of Management in Education (IJMIE), Vol. 16, No. 1, 2022
Abstract: The concept of organisational culture has been the object of increasing attention of the scientific community. In this study, we analyse the organisational culture of two higher education institutions, one from Portugal and another from Spain, and how it has changed - or should be expected to have changed - following a modification in their legislative frameworks and mission definition, imposed coercively by their governments in the transposition of European directives. To achieve this study, the concept of Competing Values Framework (CVF) and Organisational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI) was used. The main conclusion of this study is that it is not clear that there has been a statutory change oriented towards the implementation of a market model and there has clearly not been a significant change in the pre-existing organisational culture in these two institutions, which may indicate weak levels of organisational effectiveness.
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