Why Change a Good Thing? The Liability of Inertia

Institutional and ecological theories of organizations are consistently being seen as complementary rather than opposing perspectives. Both theories support the viewpoint that change is often detrimental to organizations. However, within institutional theory a lack of change can also be seen as a li...

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Main Authors: BROWN, Graham, Langton, N., Read, M
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Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2010
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spelling sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-34412010-09-24T04:18:03Z Why Change a Good Thing? The Liability of Inertia BROWN, Graham Langton, N. Read, M Institutional and ecological theories of organizations are consistently being seen as complementary rather than opposing perspectives. Both theories support the viewpoint that change is often detrimental to organizations. However, within institutional theory a lack of change can also be seen as a liability. To the extent that organizations do not change when their stakeholders change, they may face a ôliability of inertiaö. 2010-05-20T07:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/2442 https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.195.1321 Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Organizational Behavior and Theory
institution Singapore Management University
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topic Organizational Behavior and Theory
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BROWN, Graham
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Read, M
Why Change a Good Thing? The Liability of Inertia
description Institutional and ecological theories of organizations are consistently being seen as complementary rather than opposing perspectives. Both theories support the viewpoint that change is often detrimental to organizations. However, within institutional theory a lack of change can also be seen as a liability. To the extent that organizations do not change when their stakeholders change, they may face a ôliability of inertiaö.
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title Why Change a Good Thing? The Liability of Inertia
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title_full Why Change a Good Thing? The Liability of Inertia
title_fullStr Why Change a Good Thing? The Liability of Inertia
title_full_unstemmed Why Change a Good Thing? The Liability of Inertia
title_sort why change a good thing? the liability of inertia
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2010
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/2442
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