An Institutional And Network Perspective Of Organisational Legitimacy: Empirical Evidence From China′s Telecommunications Market

Low, Brian (2010) An Institutional And Network Perspective Of Organisational Legitimacy: Empirical Evidence From China′s Telecommunications Market. Asian Academy of Management Journal (AAMJ), 15 (2). pp. 1-18. ISSN 1394-2603

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Abstract

This perspective paper combines institutional and industrial network theory to develop a framework for analysing organisational legitimacy. The main subject, Nokia China, is found to be sensitive to network-legitimating initiatives, with consequences that accommodate multiple, conflicting stakeholders′ interests in China′s politically sensitive and protective telecommunications market. This paper offers new insights into institutional isomorphism that is manifested empirically as incremental conformity to regulative processes, institutional norms and cognitive knowledge and meanings within the environment, thereby extending commonly held views of institutional theory to include organisational legitimacy in industrial networks.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management
Divisions: Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press) > Asian Academy of Management Journal (AAM)
Depositing User: Mr Firdaus Mohamad
Date Deposited: 18 Sep 2017 01:07
Last Modified: 18 Sep 2017 01:07
URI: http://eprints.usm.my/id/eprint/36523

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