▪ Abstract From the complex literatures on “institutionalisms” in political science and
sociology, various components of institutional change are identified: mutability …

We review research on organizations to highlight prevailing and emerging conceptions for
embeddedness. An integrated framework that considers the sources, mechanisms …

" Imaginisation"... Voilà le terme qu'a créé Gareth Morgan pour désigner l'art de décoder les
problèmes de l'organisation où image et action ont un lien étroit. La plupart des …

This paper combines the concept of weak ties from social network research and the notion of
complex knowledge to explain the role of weak ties in sharing knowledge across …

We examine organizational legitimacy in the context of the multinational enterprise (MNE).
After discussing three types of complexity (of the legitimating environment, the organization …

This study measured changes in the constituency of an organizational field centered around
the issue of corporate environmentalism in the period 1960–93, correlating those changes …

International Relations scholars have vigorous theories to explain why international
organizations (IOs) are created, but they have paid little attention to IO behavior and whether …

Implications Based on the notion that formal structure can signal organizations' commitment
to rational, efficient standards of organizing, and thus provide general social 'accounts'(Scott …

This paper addresses the performance consequences of firm‐level strategic similarity. Past
research observed that firms face pressures to be different and to be the same. By …

Arguing that knowledge in the social sciences is socially constructed through the selective
interpretation of major works, we examine the fate of a classic article in organizational …