Generating novelty through interdependent routines: A process model of routine work

Organization Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 659-677

  Deken, Fleur ^a   Carlile, Paul R ^b   Berends, Hans ^a   Lauche, Kristina ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Field study; Interdependence; Organizational processes; Organizational routines; Routine dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019497255     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2016.1051     Document Type: Article

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