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organizational path dependence: a standalone construct

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Science and technology studies

a process in which self-reinforcing mechanisms progressively narrow an organization's options until it is locked into one pattern of action.

In science and technology studies, organizational path dependence refers to a process in which self-reinforcing mechanisms progressively narrow an organization's options until it is locked into one pattern of action. This meaning comes from Sydow (2009) in Academy of Management Review.[1]

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Sydow, J., Schreyögg, G., & Koch, J. (2009). Organizational Path Dependence: Opening the Black Box. Academy of Management Review, 34(4), 689-709. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2009.44885978

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