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| Author: | Haunschild, P. Miner, A. |
| Title: | Modes of interorganizational imitation: the effects of outcome salience and uncertainty |
| Journal: | Administrative Science Quarterly
1997 : SEP, VOL. 42:3, p. 472-500 |
| Index terms: | ADMINISTRATION UNCERTAINTY INTERORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Drawing on neoinstitutional and learning theories, the authors distinguish three distinct modes of selective interorganizational imitation: frequency imitation, trait imitation, and outcome imitation. The authors investigate whether these imitation modes occur independently and are affected by outcome salience and contextual uncertainty in the context of an important decision: which investment banker to use as adviser on an acquisition. Results show all three modes occur independently, but only highly salient outcomes sustain outcome imitation. |
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