Organizational ecology: Past, present, and future directions

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Amburgey, TL; Rao, H
• 署名单位: Emory University
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/256999
• 发表日期: 1996
• 页码: 1265-1286
• 关键词: HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; POPULATION ECOLOGY; INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; DYNAMICS; mortality; FAILURE; Embeddedness; LEGITIMATION; linkages; paradigm

摘要

We situate the Special Research Forum on Organizational Ecology in the program of ecological research on organizations. We begin with a broad description of organizational ecology's theoretical and empirical development based on the contents of prior collections of work in the field. We then highlight key issues facing ecological research, outline how the articles in this special research forum are linked by common threads, and discuss their contributions. We close with suggested directions for future research.