Challenges for institutional theory

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-20

  Suddaby, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Institutional theory; Organizational change; Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 76249111879     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: 15526542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492609347564     Document Type: Article

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