Distinguishing adoption and entrenchment of management practices: A framework for analysis

Organization Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 741-776

  Zeitz, Gerald ^b   Mittal, Vikas ^a   McAulay, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diffusion; Institutional theory; Quality circles; Total quality management (TQM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039425596     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840699205003     Document Type: Article

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