Structure! agency! (and other quarrels): A meta-analysis of institutional theories of organization

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-85

  Heugens, Pursey P M A R ^a,b   Lander, Michel W ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 62649121022     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2009.36461835     Document Type: Article

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