Dear MOC community (apologies for cross-postings),
We are presently conducting a meta-analysis of neo-institutional theory, the research tradition associated with the seminal work of DiMaggio and Powell (1983, American Sociological Review, 4085 cites on Google Scholar). The theory was originally developed to explain isomorphism – or similarity – across firms in a given organizational field. It represents an important cognitive theory of organizational structure, as it explains how templates for organizing spread throughout organizational populations due to decision-makers' semiautomatic, non-calculative responses to myth-like pressures. An important aim of our work is to assess neo-institutionalism's qualities as a cognition-based theory of organizations. To make our assessment as inclusive and reliable as possible, we need your help.
If you have performed one or several studies in the area of neo-institutional theory, please be so kind as to share your findings with us. We welcome any study testing the effect of coercive, mimetic, and/or normative institutional pressures on isomorphism. You can send your published articles, working papers, or unpublished dissertation chapters to either of the e-mail addresses listed below. All eligible studies will be included in the analysis, and cited in the final version of our paper.
Thank you for considering our request! With warm regards,
Pursey Heugens
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pheugens@rsm.nl
Michel Lander
RSM Erasmus University
mlander@rsm.nl