The making and remaking of organization context: Duality and the institutionalization process

Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 506-542

  Dillard, Jesse F ^a   Rigsby, John T ^b   Goodman, Carrie ^c  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FirstByte   (United States)

Author keywords

Group dynamics; Organizational change; Organizational theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986170709     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570410554542     Document Type: Article

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