Exploring the limits of the new institutionalism: The causes and consequences of illegitimate organizational change

American Sociological Review

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 812-836

  Kraatz, Matthew S ^a,c   Zajac, Edward J ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0001319993     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2096455     Document Type: Article

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