Greenwood, R (Greenwood, Royston); Meyer, RE (Meyer, Renate E.) Influencing Ideas A Celebration of DiMaggio and Powell (1983) JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT INQUIRY, 17 (4): 258-264 DEC 2008

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address: royston.greenwood at ualberta.ca

Author(s): Greenwood, R (Greenwood, Royston); Meyer, RE (Meyer, Renate E.) 

Title: Influencing Ideas A Celebration of DiMaggio and Powell (1983) 

Source: JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT INQUIRY, 17 (4): 258-264 DEC 2008 

Language: English 

Document Type: Article 

Author Keywords: institutional theory; excellence; reviews 

Keywords Plus: FORMAL-STRUCTURE; ORGANIZATIONS; ISOMORPHISM; CHOICE; FIELD 

Abstract: Few papers achieve the success of DiMaggio and Powell's 
1983 "The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective 
Rationality in Organizational Fields." The impact of the paper, as 
indicated by its citation count and its influence on a wide range of 
disciplines, has been extraordinary. Furthermore, the paper's influence 
continues to increase. Here we celebrate this exceptional paper and offer 
observations on how ideas become adopted, institutionalized, and sometimes 
translated in ways not necessarily intended by their authors. We also note 
the vagaries of the process by which journals assess the caliber of papers 
submitted to them-after all, this paper was initially rejected! 

Addresses: [Greenwood, Royston] Univ Alberta, Sch Business, Dept Strateg 
Management & Org, Edmonton, AB T6G 2M7, Canada; [Meyer, Renate E.] 
Wirtshcaftsuniv Wien WU, Vienna, Austria 

Reprint Address: Greenwood, R, Univ Oxford, Said Business Sch, Oxford OX1 
2JD, England. 

E-mail Address: royston.greenwood at ualberta.ca 

Cited Reference Count: 32 

Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC 

Publisher Address: 2455 TELLER RD, THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91320 USA 

ISSN: 1056-4926 

DOI: 10.1177/1056492608326693 

29-char Source Abbrev.: J MANAGE INQUIRY 

ISO Source Abbrev.: J. Manage. Inq. 

Source Item Page Count: 7 

Subject Category: Management 

ISI Document Delivery No.: 373TG 

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