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normative isomorphism: a standalone construct

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Institutional theory

the growing similarity of organizations in a field that comes from professionalization, shared formal training and professional networks that spread common norms and models.

In institutional theory, normative isomorphism refers to the growing similarity of organizations in a field that comes from professionalization, shared formal training and professional networks that spread common norms and models. This meaning comes from DiMaggio (1983) in American Sociological Review.[1]

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isomorphism4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, sameness in four meanings regulatory environment3 names · 4 citationsjangle · the hand of the state, several framings competitive pressure3 names · 4 citationsjangle · keeping up with rivals, several framings

References

DiMaggio, P. J., & Powell, W. W. (1983). The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields. American Sociological Review, 48(2), 147. https://doi.org/10.2307/2095101

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