Academy of Management Journal · 2002 · 441 citations · 30 references
ManagementOrganization StudiesOrganizational BehaviorInstitutional TheoryOrganizational TheoryOrganizationsInstitutional FieldsInstitutional IsomorphismInstitutional LogicsInstitutional StructureOrganizational FormOrganizational IdentityCorporate Name NamingIdentityIdentity Construction In InstitutionsInstitutional Field FormationInstitutional ScriptsOrganizational Identity ConstructionOrganizational Symbolism
An organization's identity, symbolized by its corporate name, is rooted in institutional fields. We advance the construct of symbolic isomorphism, or the resemblance of an organization's symbolic a...
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