Turnkey or tailored? relational pluralism, institutional complexity, and the organizational adoption of more or less customized practices

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 541-562

  Raffaelli, Ryan ^a   Glynn, Mary Ann ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84900465131     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2011.1000     Document Type: Article

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