Research institutes as hybrid organizations: central challenges to their legitimacy
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Research institutes as hybrid organizations: central challenges to their legitimacy
Research institutes, here defined as organizations involved in research and development but outside of the higher education sector and often in close cooperation with users, are found in most countries but not very well understood. This paper argues that institutes can be considered ‘‘hybrid organizations’’, caught in between dichotomous cultural spheres with differing values. To retain their h...
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عنوان ژورنال: Policy Sciences
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0032-2687,1573-0891
DOI: 10.1007/s11077-011-9128-4