Prelims -- The guiding role of theory in mixed-methods research: combining individual and institutional perspectives on the transition to higher education -- Higher education research: looking beyond new public management -- An analytical framework for evaluation-based decision-making procedures in universities -- The study of the academic profession - contributions from and to the sociology of professions -- A developmental perspective on organizing for social responsibility: a framework of wise action for higher education organizations -- Organizational identity of universities: a review of the literature from 1972 to 2014 -- The university as an adaptive resilient organization: a complex systems perspective -- The role of curriculum theory in contemporary higher education research and practice -- A knowledge management framework for institutional research -- The differentiated market-university structural differences among university's commodification processes -- Virtual ethnography: the logistical and ethical challenges of bringing higher education research online -- The network paradigm in higher education -- Disability and college students: a critical examination of a multivalent identity -- Informal learning in the workplace: approaches to learning and perceptions of the context -- Index.