Professions and institutional change: Towards an institutionalist sociology of the professions

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 699-721

  Muzio, Daniel ^a   Brock, David M ^b   Suddaby, Roy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Institutional work; Neo institutional theory; Professional services firms; Sociology of the professions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879181056     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joms.12030     Document Type: Article

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