Achieving legitimacy in cross-border higher education: institutional influences on Chinese international branch campuses in South East Asia

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dc.contributor.authorHe, Lan
dc.contributor.authorWilkins, Stephen
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-09T11:41:47Z
dc.date.available2023-05-09T11:41:47Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractAll universities must achieve legitimacy, as this is essential to attract students, staff and resources, including funding. In order to achieve legitimacy in transnational higher education, universities must conform to the rules and belief systems in the host countries. Adopting a case study approach, this research aims to investigate the different institutional influences on three Chinese international branch campuses (IBCs) that operate in South East Asia. The institutional factors behind the strategies taken in establishing and operating such branch campuses are discussed, as well as the different legitimacy building strategies adopted to counteract the liability of foreignness in the host countries. It was found that legitimacy is established through three modes: legitimacy conformity, selective legitimacy conformity/nonconformity and legitimacy creation, which are adopted according to the IBC’s dependence on local resources and the strength of the institutional forces in the host country.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHe, L., & Wilkins, S. (2018), Achieving legitimacy in cross-border higher education: institutional influences on Chinese international branch campuses in South East Asia. Journal of Studies in International Education, 22(3), 179-197.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1028-3153
dc.identifier.urihttps://bspace.buid.ac.ae/handle/1234/2244
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSAGE
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Studies in International Education
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/1028315317738774
dc.subjecttransnational higher educationen_US
dc.subjectinternational branch campusesen_US
dc.subjectChinaen_US
dc.subjectliability of foreignnessen_US
dc.subjectinstitutional theoryen_US
dc.subjectlegitimacyen_US
dc.titleAchieving legitimacy in cross-border higher education: institutional influences on Chinese international branch campuses in South East Asiaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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