The ecological interdependence of emergent and established organizational populations: Legitimacy transfer, violation by comparison, and unstable identities

Organization Science

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 577-597

  Dobrev, Stanislav D ^a   Ozdemir, Salih Zeki ^b   Teo, Albert C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Density dependence; Ecological interdependence; Legitimation and competition; Organizational identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748989129     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1060.0209     Document Type: Article

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