What kind of universities in Greece invited external evaluation (EUA-IEP)? : isomorphic pressures and leadership: the Greek case / Antigoni Papadimitriouab and Don F. Westerheijden

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Author	PAPADIMITRIOU, Antigoni
Title	What kind of universities in Greece invited external evaluation (EUA-IEP)? : isomorphic pressures and leadership: the Greek case / Antigoni Papadimitriouab and Don F. Westerheijden
Publication year	2011
Source/Footnote	In: Quality in higher education. - 17 (2011) 2, S. 195 - 212
Inventory number	30890
Keywords	Ausland : Griechenland : Hochschulwesen allgemein ; Qualitätssicherung ; Evaluation
Abstract	In the absence of any national quality performance monitoring system (until 2006) 8 of 21 Greek public universities voluntarily participated in the European University Association Institutional Evaluation Programme (EUA-IEP). Empirical data were collected through documents (eight evaluators? reports). This article uses qualitative content analysis to understand the relationships between neo-institutional pressures (coercive, normative and mimetic) and university characteristics that influenced the choice for the EUA-IEP. Normative and mimetic pressures were detected through these reports. Coercive pressure did not play a role in the decision to invite the EUA-IEP. Different types of universities engaged in the EUA-IEP but not monothematic and ?Athenian? universities.(HRK / Abstract übernommen)