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The business‐education relationship: Using organization theory to conceptualize a research agenda

Rodney T. Ogawa (University of California, Santa Cruz, California, USA)
Ruth H. Kim (University of California, Santa Cruz, California, USA)

Journal of Educational Administration

ISSN: 0957-8234

Article publication date: 1 February 2005

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to conceptualize the relationship between business and education and thereby offer a research agenda for examining the influence of business on education. Educational research has given relatively limited attention to the impact of business on education.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper describes a theoretical framework drawn from organization theory that identifies five types of influence of business on education. The emerging literature on business‐school relations is accessed not to present a comprehensive review of research on the impact of business on education, but rather to identify issues regarding the impact of business on education that bear the scrutiny of researchers and educational and business leaders and policy makers.

Findings

The types of influence include business consuming the outputs of schools, supplying inputs to schools, competing with public schools for students and state funding, shaping educational policy at various levels, and distributing wealth in ways that indirectly affects education.

Originality/value

This paper identifies an issue that requires further research and policy attention and offers a conceptual framework and research agenda.

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Citation

Ogawa, R.T. and Kim, R.H. (2005), "The business‐education relationship: Using organization theory to conceptualize a research agenda", Journal of Educational Administration, Vol. 43 No. 1, pp. 72-85. https://doi.org/10.1108/09578230510577308

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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