Does isomorphism legitimate?

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Deephouse, DL
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/256722
• 发表日期: 1996
• 页码: 1024-1039
• 关键词: ORGANIZATIONAL LEGITIMACY; FORMAL-STRUCTURE; CONSTRUCTION; NEWSPAPER; industry; accounts

摘要

This study tests a central proposition of institutional theory, that organizational isomorphism increases organizational legitimacy. Results show that isomorphism in the strategies of commercial banks is related to legitimacy conferred by bank regulators and the media, even in the presence of organizational age, size, and performance.