The mutation of professionalism as a contested diffusion process: Clinical guidelines as carriers of institutional change in medicine

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 930-962

  Adler, Paul S ^a   Kwon, Seok Woo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carriers; Clinical guidelines; Diffusion; Institutional change; Professional organization; Professionals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879176058     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joms.12003     Document Type: Article

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