Digitalisation as Distinction? Identity Articulation and Tacit Competition in the Swiss University Field, 2010–2020

Luca Tratschin; Katja Rost; Christian Leder

doi:10.2478/sjs-2023-0026

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Digitalisation as Distinction? Identity Articulation and Tacit Competition in the Swiss University Field, 2010–2020

Swiss Journal of Sociology

Volume 49 (2023): Issue 3 (November 2023)

By: Luca Tratschin, Katja Rost and Christian Leder

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Abstract

This article examines how digitalisation is used for organisational distinction in the field of Swiss universities for the period 2010–2020. It shows that digitalisation does not fundamentally challenge the order of the Swiss university field but triggers competitive dynamics that are accompanied by different forms of identity articulation. The article concludes that the interplay of competition and identity articulation of actors is complex and must be analyzed in the context of relative field positions.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2023-0026 | Journal eISSN: 2297-8348

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positioning/distinction,

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