Institutionalization and organizational long-term success

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contents Institutionalization and organizational long-term success Denise Fleck Administración y Contabilidad term success organizational long institutional theory modes of organizational institutionalization Institutionalization processes have an ambivalent effect on organizational long-term success. Even though they foster organizational stability and permanence, they also bring about rigidity and resistance to change. As a result, successful organizations are likely to lose their competitive advantage over time. The paper addresses this issue through the investigation of the institutionalization processes of two long-lived companies: General Electric, a firm that has been a long-term success and its rival, Westinghouse, which was broken up after eleven decades of existence. The longitudinal, multilevel analysis of firms and industry has identified two different modes of organizational institutionalization. The reactive mode gives rise to rigidity and change resistance, much like institutional theory predicts; the proactive mode, on the other hand, neutralizes those negative effects of institutionalization processes. In the reactive mode, structure predominates. In the proactive mode, agency plays a major role in organizational institutionalization, and in managing the organization’s relations with the environment, clearly contributing to environmental institutionalization. 2007 artículo científico 1807-7692 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=84140205 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=841 BAR - Brazilian Administration Review application/pdf Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração BAR - Brazilian Administration Review (Brasil) Num.2 Vol.4
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publishDate 2007
publisher Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração
spellingShingle Institutionalization and organizational long-term success
Denise Fleck
Administración y Contabilidad
term success
organizational long
institutional theory
modes of organizational institutionalization
Institutionalization and organizational long-term success Denise Fleck Administración y Contabilidad term success organizational long institutional theory modes of organizational institutionalization Institutionalization processes have an ambivalent effect on organizational long-term success. Even though they foster organizational stability and permanence, they also bring about rigidity and resistance to change. As a result, successful organizations are likely to lose their competitive advantage over time. The paper addresses this issue through the investigation of the institutionalization processes of two long-lived companies: General Electric, a firm that has been a long-term success and its rival, Westinghouse, which was broken up after eleven decades of existence. The longitudinal, multilevel analysis of firms and industry has identified two different modes of organizational institutionalization. The reactive mode gives rise to rigidity and change resistance, much like institutional theory predicts; the proactive mode, on the other hand, neutralizes those negative effects of institutionalization processes. In the reactive mode, structure predominates. In the proactive mode, agency plays a major role in organizational institutionalization, and in managing the organization’s relations with the environment, clearly contributing to environmental institutionalization. 2007 artículo científico 1807-7692 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=84140205 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=841 BAR - Brazilian Administration Review application/pdf Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração BAR - Brazilian Administration Review (Brasil) Num.2 Vol.4
title Institutionalization and organizational long-term success
topic Administración y Contabilidad
term success
organizational long
institutional theory
modes of organizational institutionalization
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=84140205