Marketization in the Dutch vocational education and training sector: hybrids and their behaviour

Significant educational reforms have resulted in Dutch schools for vocational education and training having to operate in a complex, more market-oriented environment, as if they were entrepreneurial organizations while remaining in the public sector. That makes these schools hybrid organizations. To get a better understanding of the phenomenon of hybrid organizations, this article presents a new approach to examining behavioural aspects of hybridization and a conceptual model that can be used for this purpose. The model includes the following concepts: attitudes to education, organizational commitment, school climate and entrepreneurial behaviour.