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| Tekijä: | Labianca, G. |
| Otsikko: | Emulation in Academia: Balancing Structure and Identity |
| Lehti: | Organization Science
2001 : MAY-JUN, VOL. 12:3, p. 312-330 |
| Asiasana: | STRATEGY REFERENCE GROUPS IMAGE REPUTATION |
| Kieli: | eng |
| Tiivistelmä: | This study seeks to expand our understanding of interorganizational emulation decisions made by top administrators in a broad sample of American colleges and universities. The authors analyze their emulation choices and show that these decision makers tend to emulate universities similar to their own. Their findings findings suggest, however, that the choice of emulation target within one's industry is not simply a matter of choosing the most structurally similar organization, but rather that identity- related attributes, such as reputation, organizational image and organizational identity, also play a significant role in the emulation decision. The data also show that industry subgroups based on emulation decisions differ in both structural and identity-related attributes. |
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