Filtering institutional logics: Community logic variation and differential responses to the institutional complexity of toxic waste

Organization Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 847-866

  Lee, Min Dong Paul ^a   Lounsbury, Michael ^b  

^a WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Economic sociology; Institutional theory; Social responsibility; Sustainability corporate environmentalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930420773     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2014.0959     Document Type: Article

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