How are management fashions institutionalized? The role of institutional work

Human Relations

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 811-844

  Perkmann, Markus ^a   Spicer, André ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Institutional entrepreneurship; Institutional work; Institutionalization; Management fashions; Management knowledge; Management practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749146185     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726708092406     Document Type: Review

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