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Mimetic Processes

Mimetic Processes is a sociological mechanism within institutional theory in education whereby organizations adopt structures, practices, or policies by emulating other legitimatized institutions, often in response to environmental uncertainty, thereby achieving perceived legitimacy through symbolic isomorphism rather than technical efficiency.

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13.3K

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470

Authors

262

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2017–2026

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Variants

Mimetic Isomorphism

Parents

Publications

241

Mimetic Processes Within an Interorganizational Field: An Empirical Test

Joseph Galaskiewicz, Stanley Wasserman · Administrative Science Quarterly · 1989 · 841 citations

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The taste reactivity test. II. Mimetic responses to gustatory stimuli in chronic thalamic and chronic decerebrate rats

Harvey J. Grill, Ralph Norgren · Brain Research · 1978 · 594 citations

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Institutional Sources of Boundary-Spanning Structures: The Establishment of Investor Relations Departments in the Fortune 500 Industrials

Hayagreeva Rao, Kumar Sivakumar · Organization Science · 1999 · 384 citations

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An overview of the relationships between mimicry and crypsis

John A. Endler · Biological Journal of the Linnean Society · 1981 · 339 citations · Full text

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Second-Order Imitation: Uncovering Latent Effects of Board Network Ties

James D. Westphal, Marc‐David L. Seidel, Katherine Stewart · Administrative Science Quarterly · 2001 · 325 citations · Full text

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Authors

470

  1. RF
    Richard Fulkerson

    East Texas A&M University, United States

    3 publications · 135 citations

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  2. PŠ
    Pavel Štys

    Charles University, Czechia

    2 publications · 28 citations

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  3. SO
    Stephen Orgel

    2 publications · 30 citations

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  4. ER
    Eduardo Reck Miranda

    University of Plymouth, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 74 citations

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  5. CW
    Christoph Wulf

    Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

    2 publications · 22 citations

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Institutions

262

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    747 citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    146 citations

  3. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    397 citations

  4. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    312 citations

  5. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    175 citations

  6. Western Sydney University

    Richmond, Australia

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    301 citations

  7. York University

    Toronto, Canada

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    157 citations

  8. Freie Universität Berlin

    Berlin, Germany

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    322 citations

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  2. New Literary History

    NLH · 4 publications · 68 citations

    4

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  3. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 4 publications · 359 citations

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  4. College Composition and Communication

    CCC · 3 publications · 135 citations

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  5. Evolution

    3 publications · 179 citations

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