The enabling role of social position in diverging from the institutional status quo: Evidence from the UK national health service

Organization Science

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 817-834

  Battilana, Julie ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Divergent organizational change; Health care reform; Social position

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960869229     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1100.0574     Document Type: Article

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