Diffusion Of Organizational Forms

Diffusion of Organizational Forms is a theoretical construct in institutional theory that explains the process by which innovative organizational structures, practices, or models spread across organizations within a field or population due to institutional pressures, imitation, and perceived legitimacy.

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22.9K

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273

Authors

154

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2017–2026

Parents

Institutional Diffusion

Publications

155

Institutional Sources of Change in the Formal Structure of Organizations: The Diffusion of Civil Service Reform, 1880-1935

Pamela S. Tolbert, Lynne G. Zucker · Administrative Science Quarterly · 1983 · 2.9K citations

Management, Organization Studies, Public Administration +17

Diffusion in Organizations and Social Movements: From Hybrid Corn to Poison Pills

David Strang, Sarah A. Soule · Annual Review of Sociology · 1998 · 1.7K citations

Social Sciences, Organization Studies, Sociology +14

Prolegomena on Coevolution: A Framework for Research on Strategy and New Organizational Forms

Arie Y. Lewin, Henk Volberda · Organization Science · 1999 · 1K citations

Management, Organization Studies, Strategic Management +9

Legitimacy as a Social Process

Cathryn Johnson, Timothy J. Dowd, Cecilia L. Ridgeway · Annual Review of Sociology · 2006 · 981 citations

Social Sciences, Social Psychology, Sociology +9

The Coevolution of New Organizational Forms

Arie Y. Lewin, Chris P. Long, Timothy N. Carroll · Organization Science · 1999 · 784 citations

Management, Organization Studies, Organizational Behavior +16

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Authors

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Jannis Kallinikos
London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
2 publications · 527 citations
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Forrest Briscoe
Pennsylvania State University, United States
2 publications · 457 citations
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Henk Volberda
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
2 publications · 1.5K citations
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Warren G. Bennis
University of Southern California, United States
2 publications · 287 citations
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CL
Cecilia L. Ridgeway
Stanford University, United States
2 publications · 994 citations
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Organization Studies
8 publications · 1.1K citations
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SSRN Electronic Journal
Repository · 5 publications · 164 citations
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Organization Science
5 publications · 2.7K citations
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Academy of Management Journal
AMJ · 5 publications · 1.2K citations
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Administrative Science Quarterly
ASQ · 4 publications · 3.4K citations
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