Pluralism and the problem of variety

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Glynn, MA; Barr, PS; Dacin, MT
• 署名单位: Emory University; University System of Georgia; Georgia State University; Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.2307/259201
• 发表日期: 2000
• 页码: 726-734
• 关键词: INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; ORGANIZATIONS; Isomorphism; performance; diversity; IDENTITY; RESOURCES; renewal; support; stress

摘要

Organizational theorists tend to homogenize what is, in reality, ct pluralistic world, emphasizing the discovery of unifying principles that lend organizational focus, legitimacy, and identity while downplaying some of the complexity that pluralism often entails. In their original formulation, most organizational theories have richness and depth in modeling pluralistic variety: over time, however, theorizing seems to have purchased parsimony and generality at the cost of accuracy or realism. We revisit the dominant questions from three influential paradigms-strategic management, institutionalism. and organizational identity-and explore alternative the prizing that advantages pluralism.