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Institutional pressures and isomorphic change: an empirical test. (includes appendix)
February 5, 1995... Trevor Slack Department of Physical Education and Sports Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canda
Bob Hinings Department of Organizational Analysis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Introduction
In explaining changes which...
The effect of lag-structure identification when testing for fit.
February 5, 1995... Introduction
The concept of 'fit' is a central thrust for middle-range theories in many management disciplines. In this context, 'fit' refers to how variables, both internal and external to the firm, combine or match together to affect...
Teams: from 'ideology' to analysis. (work teams)
February 5, 1995... Introduction
When analyzing administrative and organizational innovations associated with 'participative management' such as quality circles, labour-management councils and autonomous teams, etc., careful balance is needed because of the...
Politics, symbolic action and myth making in pursuit of legitimacy.
February 5, 1995... Introduction
This paper draws on the literatures concerned with interpretive approaches to understanding organizations, organizational legitimacy and organizational politics to provide an analysis of how a manufacturing organization dealt with...
Discourse and agency: the example of personnel psychology and 'assessment centres.'
February 5, 1995... Introduction
This paper examines the role of the discourse of personnel psychology in providing a logic and a technology for formalizing personnel selection. The principal theoretical reference point of the paper is the work of Michel...
Maturation and life in organizations.
February 5, 1995... Introduction
The root of the issue discussed here is the extent to which contemporary patterns of organization culture and control allow individuals the opportunity to develop their particular abilities and potentials. In other words, the...