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Merger mania in science : organizational restructuring and patterns of cooperation in an academic research centre

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"While the formal structures of universities may predominantly reflect ceremonial rather than functional purposes, attempts at changing them are usually a fertile ground for academic conflicts. Taking this apparent contradiction as a starting point, the aim of this article is to explore the intriguing role of formal structures in academic settings. Drawing on a case study of a merger and organizational restructuring process in an academic research centre, it shows how symbolic responses to institutional pressures may have actual consequences on research practices, beyond myth and ceremony. (...)"
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halshs-01062953, version 1 (11-09-2014)

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Julien Barrier. Merger mania in science : organizational restructuring and patterns of cooperation in an academic research centre. Whitley, Richard ; Gläser, Jochen. Organizational transformation and scientific change : the impact of institutional restructuring on universities and intellectual innovation, Emerald, pp.141-172, 2014, Research in the sociology of organizations. ⟨halshs-01062953⟩
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