MEANING STRUCTURES IN A CONTESTED ISSUE FIELD: A TOPOGRAPHIC MAP OF SHAREHOLDER VALUE IN AUSTRIA

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Meyer, Renate E.; Hoellerer, Markus A.
• 署名单位: Vienna University of Economics & Business; Copenhagen Business School
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2010.57317829
• 发表日期: 2010
• 页码: 1241-1262
• 关键词: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; MOVEMENT; strategies; rise

摘要

When organizational concepts spread beyond national and cultural boundaries, they must pass through powerful filters of local cultural and structural opportunities and constraints in order to mobilize legitimacy. Struggles over their meaning are intensified if they challenge the prevailing order. Drawing on the case of shareholder value in Austria, we examine how the different ways of framing a contested issue in public discourse are related to the local cultural and sociopolitical context. We combine in-depth content analysis with multivariate statistics to explore the meaning structures that organize this issue field.