Institutional work in the transformation of an organizational field: The interplay of boundary work and practice work

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-221

  Zietsma, Charlene ^a   Lawrence, Thomas B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 77956520391     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: 19303815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2189/asqu.2010.55.2.189     Document Type: Article

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