Dynamic conservatism: How institutions change to remain the same

Research in the Sociology of Organizations

Volumn 44, Issue , 2000, Pages 89-119

  Ansell, Chris ^a   Boin, Arjen ^b   Farjoun, Moshe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Institutionalization; Institutions; Organizational change; Pragmatism; Selznick; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928728592     PISSN: 0733558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0733-558X20150000044005     Document Type: Article

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