Taking sides: The interactive influences of institutional mechanisms on the adoption of same-sex partner health benefits by fortune 500 corporations, 1990-2003

Organization Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 190-209

  Chuang, You Ta ^a   Church, Robin ^b   Ophir, Ron ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contested practices; Institutional mechanisms; Same sex partner health benefits

Indexed keywords

EID: 79851469793     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1090.0521     Document Type: Article

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