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This edited volume set out to examine third mission initiatives in the context of global higher education. The book has a wide range of contributors whose expertise spans academic areas related to higher education, sociology, quality management and marketing, comparative higher international education, higher education policy, and ranking. All contributing authors have a major interest in higher education as a public good. In this chapter, using the organizational perspective framework, we analyze the chapters and identify connections to external environmental elements and university characteristics that contribute to the adoption of third mission initiatives. Challenges for adopting such initiatives are also presented, as they deal with utilizing appropriate research methods, defining community boundaries, developing metrics, and using an additional organizational view (i.e., isomorphism), all of which support lines of future research. Managing and leading public mission initiatives during turbulent change due to the COVID-19 pandemic require transformative, inclusive, and responsible leadership able to cope with unpredictability for the years ahead.
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Papadimitriou, A., Boboc, M. (2021). Conclusion: Re-Imagining Higher Education Institutions Public Mission Initiatives Through the Lens of Organizational Perspective. In: Papadimitriou, A., Boboc, M. (eds) Re-envisioning Higher Education’s Public Mission. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55716-4_14
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