THE RISE OF THE CORPORATION IN A CRAFT INDUSTRY: CONFLICT AND CONFORMITY IN INSTITUTIONAL LOGICS.

2002/02/01 by Patricia Thornton · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Business, Management and Accounting · Arts and Humanities · Psychology · #Cultural Industries and Urban Development #Management and Organizational Studies #Crafts, Textile, and Design #Craft #Corporation #Conformity #Institutional theory #Business #Management #Economics #Psychology #Social psychology #Finance

paper · doi:10.2307/3069286

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Abstract

This study tests a theory of how a craft- and profession-based industry adopted multidivisional organization, examining higher education publishing from 1958 through 1990. I combined interviews and...

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