Institutional processes of organizational culture

Culture and Organization

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-58

  Kondra, Alex Z ^a   Hurst, Deborah C ^a  

^a ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Institutional theory; Isomorphism; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651046247     PISSN: 14759551     EISSN: 14772760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14759550802709541     Document Type: Article

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