The (N)ever-changing world: Stability and change in organizational routines

Organization Science

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1369-1383

  Pentland, Brian T ^a   Hærem, Thorvald ^b   Hillison, Derek ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Networks of action; Organizational routines; Sociomateriality; Stability and change; Workflow system

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455191672     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1110.0624     Document Type: Article

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