[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":3,"doc-seo-596776-105":59,"doc-detail-596776-en":130},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",[7,13,18,23,28,33,38,43,48,51,55],{"id":8,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":10,"show_sort_weight":11,"slug":12},1,"Document","Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":14,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":15,"show_sort_weight":16,"slug":17},2,"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":19,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":20,"show_sort_weight":21,"slug":22},4,"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":24,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":25,"show_sort_weight":26,"slug":27},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":29,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":30,"show_sort_weight":31,"slug":32},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":34,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":35,"show_sort_weight":36,"slug":37},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":39,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":40,"show_sort_weight":41,"slug":42},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":44,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":45,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":47},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":46,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":49,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":50},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":52,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":53,"show_sort_weight":52,"slug":54},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":56,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":57,"show_sort_weight":24,"slug":58},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":60,"data":61},"ok",{"site_id":62,"language":63,"slug":64,"title":65,"keywords":66,"description":67,"schema_data":68,"social_meta":123,"head_meta":125,"extra_data":127,"updated_unix":129},105,"en","new-universities-organizational-identities-through-presidential-lenses-article","New Universities’ Organizational Identities Through Presidential Lenses - Article","","Qualitative investigation examining three new universities in British Columbia and Alberta and how their presidents’ narratives shape organizational identity during sectoral change from community colleges to universities. Using extended semi-structured interviews and narrative analysis, the study applies organizational identity theory and institutional theory to interpret presidential positionality and understandings of legitimacy. Findings show preservation of original identity supports change, yet university logic is not fully embraced; legitimacy may be achieved through blending logics.",{"@graph":69,"@context":122},[70,84,105],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":40,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/research-report/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/new-universities-organizational-identities-through-presidential-lenses-article/596776/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/new-universities-organizational-identities-through-presidential-lenses-article/596776.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Muffet","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-11-02","2026-10-15",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":34},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",{"@type":106,"mainEntity":107},"FAQPage",[108,114,118],{"name":109,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":111},"What research question does the study address?","Question",{"text":112,"@type":113},"It explains how three presidents understand and articulate the organizational identity of their new universities, and how those understandings shape each president’s view of their own role.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"How is the research conducted?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"The study uses extended semi-structured interviews and narrative analysis, applying organizational identity theory and institutional theory to interpret presidents’ positionality and understandings of legitimacy.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"What key finding relates to organizational identity during the transition?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"Preserving aspects of the institutions’ original identity as community colleges supports organizational change, even though presidents advocate replacing community college logics with university logics.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},596776,1792170855,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":39,"category_name":40,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":34,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":56,"language":139,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":143,"read_time":144,"preview_page_count":4},962090768927,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_085a072bc5b1113ac321206ff7593b45","CSSHE SCÉES  \nCanadian Journal of Higher Education Revue canadienne d’enseignement supérieur Volume 48, No. 2, 2018, pages 20-38  \nNew Universities’ Organizational Identities Through Presidential Lenses  \nJohn S. Levin, Ariadna I. López Damián, Marie C. Martin, & Evelyn Morales Vázquez University of California, Riverside  \nAbstract  \nThis qualitative investigation addresses three new universities in the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta and their presidents’ ascriptions of organizational identity to their universities. Through extended, semi-structured interviews and narrative analysis, this investigation uses organizational identity theory and institutional theory to explain the positionality and understandings of presidents in relationship to their universities’ paths to legitimacy. We found that the preservation of aspects of the institutions’ original identity (as community colleges) aids new universities’ organizational change. Furthermore, while presidents advocated for a replacement of community college logics with university logics, data showed that these three new universities had yet to embrace the university logic fully. We propose that a blending of logics may be the preferred mechanism for the attainment of legitimacy during sectoral change for new universities.  \nRésumé  \nCette étude qualitative s’occupe de trois nouvelles universités dans les provinces de la Colombie-Britannique et l’Alberta et l’utilisation d’identité organisationnelle de leurs présidents au contexte de leurs universités. Par les entrevues étendues semi-structurées et l’analyse narrative, cette étude emploie la théorie de l’identité organisationnelle et la théorie institutionnellepour expliquer la positionalité et les vues des présidents à propos du chemin de la légitimité de leurs universités. La présente étude a trouvé que lapréservation des anciennes identités des institutions (en tant que les collèges communautaires) aide le changement des nouvelles universités. En outre,  \nCJHE / RCES Volume 48, No. 2, 2018  \nNew Universities Through Presidential Lenses /  \nJ. S. Levin, A. I. López Damián, M. C. Martin, & E. M. Vázquez  \n21  \nmême si les présidents ont préconisé de remplacer les logiques collèges communautaires, les données ont montré que ces trois universités n’ont pas encore adopté complètement la logique universitaire. Nous suggérons qu’un mélange des logiques peut être le moyen préféré pour atteindre lalégitimité au cours des changements sectoriels dans le contexte des nouvelles universités.  \nIntroduction to the Problem  \nThe enactment of provincial legislation that restructured British Columbia (2008) and Alberta (2009) higher education institutions from community colleges to universities (University Act and Post-Secondary Learning Act, respectively) led to alterations not only to mission and purpose but also to organizational identity for former community colleges in both provinces (Levin, 2017) . This alteration included bicameral governance, the elevation of research as a function of the institution and a responsibility of faculty, and rank and tenure for faculty (Levin, 2017) . Explanations ofthis alteration and its consequences are limited (Levin 2017; Levin, Aliyeva, & Walker, 2016; Levin, López-Damián, Rall, Martin, & Viggiano, 2016; Levin, Martin, López-Damián, Rall, & Viggiano, 2016; Levin, Rall, Viggiano, & López-Damián, 2016). These explanations have emanated from a comprehensive, amalgamated view or data set that includes both institutional documents from three individual universities and organizational members, including faculty and administrators (Levin, 2017; Levin, López-Damián, et al., 2016; Levin, Martin, et al., 2016; Levin, Rall, et al., 2016) . Aside from these works, perspectives and thus meanings from individual participants are limited to the perceptions and experiences of one group of faculty, in one study, at one new university (Yeo, Bennett, Stoneman McNichol, & Merkley, 2015) . Given the formal rol","cbCaid1hkGjlYKug","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaid1hkGjlYKug","pdf",919883,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction to the Problem\n# Purpose\n# Literature Review","[{\"question\":\"What research question does the study address?\",\"answer\":\"It explains how three presidents understand and articulate the organizational identity of their new universities, and how those understandings shape each president’s view of their own role.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the research conducted?\",\"answer\":\"The study uses extended semi-structured interviews and narrative analysis, applying organizational identity theory and institutional theory to interpret presidents’ positionality and understandings of legitimacy.\"},{\"question\":\"What key finding relates to organizational identity during the transition?\",\"answer\":\"Preserving aspects of the institutions’ original identity as community colleges supports organizational change, even though presidents advocate replacing community college logics with university logics.\"}]","New Universities’ Organizational Identities Through Presidential Lenses - Article | PDF",1792083694,48]