The limits of media effects: Field positions and cultural change in a mutual fund market

Organization Science

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 464-481

  Jonsson, Stefan ^a   Buhr, Helena ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Institutional theory; Market; Media; Mutual funds; Organization; Organizational field

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953133685     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1100.0553     Document Type: Article

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