Revisiting organizational legitimation: Cognitive diffusion and sociopolitical factors in the evolution of Bulgarian newspaper enterprises, 1846-1992

被引:59
作者
Dobrev, SD [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Chicago, Grad Sch Business, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
关键词
organizational ecology; density dependence; types of legitimation; organizational founding-rate analysis; Bulgarian newspapers;
D O I
10.1177/0170840601223002
中图分类号
C93 [管理学];
学科分类号
12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;
摘要
Arguments about constitutive and sociopolitical legitimation of organizational forms are applied to studying the evolutionary dynamics of the Bulgarian newspaper industry as it transitioned through multiple political and institutional environments. The notion of re-legitimation is advanced in the context of comparing the cognitive diffusion of the organizational form prior to the Communist takeover in 1946, and its revival in the collective memory of the public after 1989. Variation in the rate of organizational founding is also linked empirically to the strength of political turbulence. Violent political conflict deters new foundings, while institutionally mediated political activism has a positive effect on the rate of organizational entry.
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页码:419 / 444
页数:26
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