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A gaiola de ferro revisitada: isomorfismo institucional e racionalidade coletiva nos campos organizacionais

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  • DiMaggio, Paul Joseph
  • Powell, Walter W.

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What makes organizations so similar? We contend that the engine of rationalization and bureaucratization has moved from the competitive marketplace to the state and the professions. Once a set of organization emerges as a field, a paradox arises: rational actors make their organizations increasingly similar as they try to change them. We describe three isomorphic processes - coercive, mimetic, and normative - leading to this outcome. We then specify hypotheses about the impact of resource centralization and structuration on isomorphic change. Finally, we suggest implications for theories of organizations and social change.

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  • DiMaggio, Paul Joseph & Powell, Walter W., 2005. "A gaiola de ferro revisitada: isomorfismo institucional e racionalidade coletiva nos campos organizacionais," RAE - Revista de Administração de Empresas, FGV-EAESP Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (Brazil), vol. 45(2), April.
    • Handle: RePEc:fgv:eaerae:v:45:y:2005:i:2:a:37123
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