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Heterogeneous Responses of Portuguese Polytechnics to New Research Policy Demands

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In this chapter, we examine the contrasting organizational responses of two polytechnics in Portugal to new research policy demands in higher education. The research demands were developed as part of the new European policy agenda aimed at transforming the European Union into the most competitive and dynamic knowledge economy in the world (Amaral & Magalhães, 2004).

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  1. ISCTE-IUL, School of Sociology and Public Policy, Lisbon, Portugal

    Sandra Hasanefendic

  2. Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Organization Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Sandra Hasanefendic

  3. ISCTE-IUL, School of Sociology and Public Policy, Lisbon, Portugal

    Maria Teresa Patricio

  4. IÉSEG School of Management (LEM-CNRS 9921), Lille, France

    Frank G. A. de Bakker

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Hasanefendic, S., Patricio, M.T., Bakker, F.G.A.d. (2017). Heterogeneous Responses of Portuguese Polytechnics to New Research Policy Demands. In: Deem, R., Eggins, H. (eds) The University as a Critical Institution?. Higher Education Research in the 21st Century Series. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-116-2_8

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