Theory and research in organizational ecology

JV Singh, CJ Lumsden - Annual review of sociology, 1990 - annualreviews.org
Major theory and research in organizational ecology are reviewed, with an emphasis on the
organization and population levels of analysis and processes of organizational foundings …

Engendering change: Organizational dynamics and workplace gender desegregation, 1975–2005

ML Huffman, PN Cohen… - Administrative Science …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
We examine workplace-level sources of gender inequality to explore the link between
organizational change and levels of workplace gender integration over time. To do so, we …

The old institutionalism meets the new institutionalism

S Abrutyn, JH Turner - Sociological Perspectives, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
As key socio-cultural building blocks of human societies, institutions are distinct from
organizations and, hence, are central to sociological inquiry. In recent decades, however …

The structure of networks in industrial districts

U Staber - International journal of urban and regional research, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
In research on industrial districts, network relations among firms and organizations are
considered critical for the development and diffusion of new knowledge, with implications for …

Why do cooperatives emerge in a world dominated by corporations? The diffusion of cooperatives in the US bio-ethanol industry, 1978–2013

C Boone, S Özcan - Academy of Management Journal, 2014 - journals.aom.org
Given the strong economic disincentives that exist, why do cooperatives continue to
emerge? And why is it that, in some communities, these cooperatives are collocated with …

The ecology of entrepreneurship

GR Carroll, OM Khessina - Handbook of entrepreneurship research …, 2005 - Springer
Although entrepreneurship has been defined in many different ways, a common definition
ties it closely to the establishment of new organizations and their viability in early years. 2 By …

[HTML][HTML] Entry of men into the labour market in West Germany and their career mobility (1945–2008)

R Becker, HP Blossfeld - Journal for …, 2017 - labourmarketresearch.springeropen …
This study analyses how the long-term modernisation process as well as ups and downs of
business cycles affect the entry of men into the labour market in West Germany and their …

The dynamics of global e‐commerce: an organizational ecology perspective

RRG Javalgi, PR Todd, RF Scherer - International Marketing Review, 2005 - emerald.com
Purpose–A classical model of organizational ecology dynamics which is utilized to
characterize an ecosystem called the internet is proposed and a parallel is drawn between …

Macrosociological applications of event history analysis: state transitions and event recurrences

MT Hannan - Quality and Quantity, 1989 - Springer
Growing awareness of the advantages of event history analysis for studies of social
dynamics has stimulated numerous applications in sociology. Most have involved analysis …

Toward an ecology of social action: Merging the ecological and constructivist traditions

P McLaughlin - Human Ecology Review, 2001 - JSTOR
In this article, I trace organizational sociology's inability to develop a comprehensive
framework integrating structure, agency and environment to the persistence of essentialism …