Julio Labraña

Research in Higher Education

Quality assurance as managerial governance: organizational translation and market pressures in Chilean and Colombian universities


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Jonathan Bermúdez-Hernández, Julio Labraña, Isabel C Montes
Quality Assurance in Education, 2026, Advanced online publication


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Bermúdez-Hernández, J., Labraña, J., & Montes, I. C. (2026). Quality assurance as managerial governance: organizational translation and market pressures in Chilean and Colombian universities. Quality Assurance in Education, Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1108/QAE-09-2025-0269


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Bermúdez-Hernández, Jonathan, Julio Labraña, and Isabel C Montes. “Quality Assurance as Managerial Governance: Organizational Translation and Market Pressures in Chilean and Colombian Universities.” Quality Assurance in Education (2026): Advanced online publication.


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Bermúdez-Hernández, Jonathan, et al. “Quality Assurance as Managerial Governance: Organizational Translation and Market Pressures in Chilean and Colombian Universities.” Quality Assurance in Education, 2026, pp. Advanced online publication, doi:10.1108/QAE-09-2025-0269.


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@article{jonathan2026a,
  title = {Quality assurance as managerial governance: organizational translation and market pressures in Chilean and Colombian universities},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Quality Assurance in Education},
  pages = {Advanced online publication},
  doi = {10.1108/QAE-09-2025-0269},
  author = {Bermúdez-Hernández, Jonathan and Labraña, Julio and Montes, Isabel C}
}

Abstract

Quality assurance (QA), once considered a means of evaluation and measurement, has become integral to reputational and managerial issues in universities. This paper aims to examine how four universities in Chile and Colombia internalize quality assurance in response to managerial and market needs. 
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