Framing the Change: Switching and Blending Frames and their Role in Instigating Institutional Change

Organization Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1449-1472

  Werner, Mirjam D ^a   Cornelissen, Joep P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

institutional analysis; institutional theory; sensemaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910633636     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840614539314     Document Type: Article

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