Event attention, environmental sensemaking, and change in institutional logics: An inductive analysis of the effects of public attention to Clinton's health care reform initiative

Organization Science

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 823-841

  Nigam, Amit ^a   Ocasio, William ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Events; Health care reform; Hospitals; Institutional change; Institutional logics; Organizational field; Sensemaking; Theorization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956994139     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1090.0490     Document Type: Article

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