Document Type
Dissertation
Date of Award
2023
Degree Name
Doctor of Education (EdD)
Department
Education
First Advisor
Mejai Avoseh
Abstract
This study explored the influence institutional cultures and structures have on a university’s internationalization strategy. It also accounted for the roles external forces, such as government policies and geopolitics, play in shaping internationalization strategies. The comparative case study between the United States, England, and Sweden were situated within the contextual framework of comprehensive internationalization developed by the American Council on Education (ACE) and German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Applying neoinstitutionalist theory of isomorphism, the case study revealed three typologies of internationalization strategies: idealist, realist, and pragmatist. The study’s findings provide scholars and practitioners with new tools and insights to right-size an institution’s internationalization strategy based on internal structures and cultures, as well as its external environment.
Subject Categories
Educational Administration and Supervision | Educational Sociology | Sociology
Keywords
Comparative, Higher Education, Institutionalism, Internationalization, Qualitative, Strategy
Number of Pages
130
Publisher
University of South Dakota
Recommended Citation
Leise, Eric D., "Toward a Typology of Internationalization Strategy: The Intersection of External Environments with Universities’ Structures and Cultures" (2023). Dissertations and Theses. 212.
https://red.library.usd.edu/diss-thesis/212