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100			_aPhilippczyck, Nicole Hoffmann, Harry and Oertel, Simon _957102
245			_aThe role of institutional factors in shaping university mission statements: A topic-modeling approach
260			_aPublic Administration Review
300			_a85(4), Jul-Aug, 2025: p.1187-1216
520			_aMission statements are common instruments for the strategic positioning of universities. However, there are few large-scale, cross-national studies examining the factors that influence the content of universities' mission statements. We address this research gap, exploring the content of 413 mission statements from European universities by applying correlated topic modeling (CTM). Moreover, relying on institutional theories of organization, we study factors that explain differences in the content of mission statements. Our findings reveal six distinct topics addressed in mission statements. The prevalence of a specific topic is significantly shaped by the cultural rationalization of the universities' national context, the university's founding context, and institutional control. Our findings not only contribute to research on universities' strategic positioning but also shed light on the diffusion of global trends across organizations and the determinants of their adaptation. Moreover, our study offers an illustrative example of how big data analytics can enhance public administration research.- Reproduced https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/puar.13921
773			_aPublic Administration Review
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