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Examining the multifaceted notion of isomorphism in marriage and family therapy supervision: A quest for conceptual clarity
Journal of Marital and Family Therapy; 7/1/1997; White, Mark B; Russell, Candyce S; 787 words
; The notion of isomorphism has been recommended as a conceptual ... employ the conceptual framework of isomorphism to facilitate the translation of ... 1985; Storm & Heath, 1985). Isomorphism is frequently cited in the MFT training ...
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Isomorphism of National Policies? The 'Europeanisation' of German Competitionand Public Procurement Law.
West European Politics; 1/1/2000; LODGE, MARTIN; 787 words
; ... article employs the analytical concept of 'isomorphism' to come to a better understanding of ... procurement law The application of the isomorphism framework suggests that 'Europeanisation ... questioning whether it implies a process of isomorphism of domestic policies. [5] Isomorphism ...
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The Social Construction of Organizational Knowledge: A Study of the Uses of Coercive, Mimetic, and Normative Isomorphism.
Administrative Science Quarterly; 12/1/1999; Mizruchi, Mark S. Fein, Lisa C.; 787 words
; ... s 1983 essay on institutional isomorphism. We show that one aspect of this article, the discussion of mimetic isomorphism, has received attention disproportionate ... 1983) piece on institutional isomorphism. We show that although there are ...
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Control over government: institutional isomorphism and governance dynamics in German public administration.
Policy Studies Journal; 5/1/2005; Lodge, Martin Wegrich, Kai; 787 words
; ... draws on the concept of institutional isomorphism (DiMaggio & Powell, 1991; see also ... particularly prone to institutional isomorphism, both within and across policy domains ... mechanisms that are said to facilitate isomorphism shaped the choice of instruments of ...
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Do organizational cultures replicate national cultures? Isomorphism, rejection and reciprocal opposition in the corporate values of three countries.
Organization Studies; 9/1/2003; Nelson, Reed E. Gopalan, Suresh; 787 words
; ... culture are explored and their theoretical implications developed. Keywords: organizational culture, comparative management, isomorphism, reciprocal opposition ********** There is ample reason to expect some kind of relationship between national and organizational ...
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Institutional isomorphism and public sector organizations.(Articles)
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory; 7/1/2004; Frumkin, Peter Galaskiewicz, Joseph; 787 words
; ... licensing, and accreditation (coercive isomorphism); belonging to an association of peer organizations (normative isomorphism); and looking at the performance of other organizations (mimetic isomorphism)--plays a dominant role in shaping public ...
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Constraint isomorphism and the generation of stochastic data.
IIE Transactions; 5/1/2006; Munakata, Toshinori Fadlalla, Adam; 787 words
; ... such violations by introducing the concept of constraint isomorphism. We begin in the following section by introducing the concept of sample and parameter spaces and define constraint isomorphism, the core idea of this article. In Section 3 w
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COMMITMENT TO NEWSPAPER-TV PARTNERING: A TEST OF THE IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONAL ISOMORPHISM
Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly; 10/1/2005; Lowrey, Wilson; 787 words
; ... from a national survey of newspaper and TV news managers revealed that availability of ... level of partnering of nearby flagship" news institutions and competitors. This was ... to compete more effectively with rival news organizations, and the ability to reach ...
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Institutional change and entrepreneurial activities without isomorphism?
Journal for East European Management Studies; 4/1/2008; Wagner, Dieter; 785 words
; Dear Reader, Institutional Change can be seen as well as a top-down or as a bottom-up development. In many cases the transformation literature deals with 'privatization', 'deregulation' or 'decentralization' of big organizations. On the other hand entrepreneurial activities and the specific aspects
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Organizational Diversity and Change in Institutional Theory.
Organization Studies; 12/22/1998; Kondra, Alex Z. Hinings, C. R.; 787 words
; ... discussion of the implications of isomorphism on performance, this article attempts ... risk aversion, the effect of isomorphism on performance, and the role of relative performance in maintaining isomorphism and providing incentives to change ...
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