UNDERSTANDING STRATEGIC CHANGE: THE CONTRIBUTION OF ARCHETYPES.
Academy of Management JournalPublished 1 October 1993
R. Greenwood, C. R. Hinings
Citations823
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score10.53
SNIP3.95
Generate an AI Snapshot to get a quick, structured summary of this paper.
Study Snapshot
ObjectiveStudy objective
MethodsResearch methodology
PopulationPopulation studied
Sample sizeSample sizes
OutcomesStudy outcomes here
ResultsStudy results comes here
LimitationsResearch study limitations comes here
A concise AI-generated summary of the paper will appear here once you click Generate AI Snapshot.
Abstract
We examined the concept of archetype, implicit in a number of contemporary approaches to the study of organizational design and change. Despite an emerging interest in archetypes, the concept has r...
Keywords
Decision SciencesBusiness, Management and Accounting
Case Study Research: Design and Methods
74,912 Citations1984Robert K. Yin
American Journal of SociologyInstitutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony
27,295 Citations1977John W. Meyer, Brian Rowan
Advances in strategic managementThe iron cage revisited institutional isomorphism and collective rationality in organizational fields
25,994 Citations2004Paul DiMaggio, Walter W. Powell
American Sociological ReviewThe Theory of Social and Economic Organization.
11,451 Citations1948Gottfried Salomon Delatour, Max Weber +2 more
Academy of Management ReviewOrganizational Culture and Leadership
9,693 Citations1986William G. Tierney, Edgar H. Schein
American Journal of SociologyThe Population Ecology of Organizations
7,405 Citations1977Michael T. Hannan, John H. Freeman
Academy of Management ReviewOrganizational Strategy, Structure, and Process
7,092 Citations1978Raymond E. Miles, Charles C. Snow +2 more
Public Productivity ReviewThe Concept of Corporate Strategy
4,150 Citations1987Tom Iverson, Kenneth R. Andrews
Administrative Science QuarterlyThe Adolescence of Institutional Theory
3,676 Citations1987W. Richard Scott
Administrative Science QuarterlyInstitutional Sources of Change in the Formal Structure of Organizations: The Diffusion of Civil Service Reform, 1880-1935
2,891 Citations1983Pamela S. Tolbert, Lynne G. Zucker
Administrative Science QuarterlyStructure in Fives: Designing Effective Organizations.
2,745 Citations1984Eli Berniker, Henry Mintzberg
Cambridge University Press eBooksTechnology as an occasion for structuring: evidence from observations of CT scanners and the social order of radiology departments
2,141 Citations2007Stephen R. Barley
A theory of how technology might occasion different organizational structures by altering institutionalized roles and patterns of interaction is outlined, showing how identical CT scanners occasioned similar structuring processes in two radiology departments and yet led to divergent forms of organization.
Research PolicyInnovation: Mapping the winds of creative destruction
2,061 Citations1993W. J. Abernathy, KimB. Clark
Administrative Science QuarterlyInstitutional Linkages and Organizational Mortality
1,559 Citations1991Joel A. C. Baum, Christine Oliver
Academy of Management ReviewOrganizations: A Quantum View
1,482 Citations1984Robert J. House, Danny Miller +1 more
Academy of Management ReviewStrategies for Change: Logical Incrementalism
1,472 Citations1982Joseph E. McCann, James Brian Quinn
Administrative Science QuarterlyChanging Interpretive Schemes and Organizational Restructuring: The Example of a Religious Order
1,028 Citations1984Jean M. Bartunek
Academy of Management JournalSTRATEGY MAKING AND STRUCTURE: ANALYSIS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PERFORMANCE.
668 Citations1987Danny Miller
The Politics of Organizational Decision-Making
664 Citations2014Andrew Pettigrew
Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)The Concept of Fit in Contingency Theory.
599 Citations1984Andrew H. Van de Ven, Robert Drazin
Administrative Science QuarterlyPredicting and Understanding Organization Structure
544 Citations1973John Child
Administrative Science QuarterlyOrganizational Change and Organizational Mortality
525 Citations1986Jitendra V. Singh, Robert J. House +1 more
Administrative Science QuarterlyAn Empirical Taxonomy of Structures of Work Organizations
509 Citations1969D. S. Pugh, David J. Hickson +1 more
Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University)Strategic Change and the Management Process
494 Citations1987Gerry Johnson
Administrative Science QuarterlyGaining Control of the Corporate Culture.
471 Citations1987William G. Dyer, Ralph H. Kilmann +2 more
Journal of Management StudiesTOWARD A NEW CONTINGENCY APPROACH: THE SEARCH FOR ORGANIZATIONAL GESTALTS
457 Citations1981Danny Miller
Administrative Science QuarterlyThe Two Ecologies: Population and Community Perspectives on Organizational Evolution
416 Citations1985W. Graham Astley
This paper distinguishes between two ecological perspectives on organizational evolution: population ecology and community ecology, simultaneously explaining forces that produce homogeneity and stability within populations and heterogeneity between them.
Academy of Management Journal"P<sup>2</sup>-FORM" STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT: CORPORATE PRACTICES IN PROFESSIONAL PARTNERSHIPS.
396 Citations1990R. Greenwood, C. R. Hinings +1 more
Administrative Science QuarterlyReactions to Supervision in a Heteronomous Professional Organization
266 Citations1965W. Richard Scott
Administrative Science QuarterlyGuidelines for the Empirical Classification of Organizations
231 Citations1975Bill McKelvey
International Review for the Sociology of SportInstitutionally Specific Design Archetypes: A Framework for Understanding Change in National Sport Organizations
173 Citations1992Lisa M. Kikulis, Trevor Slack +1 more
Administrative Science QuarterlyIdeas, Complexity, and Innovation
169 Citations1979Judith R. Blau, William McKinley
Journal of ManagementThe Nature and Use of Formal Control Systems for Management Control and Strategy Implementation
163 Citations1984Richard L. Daft, Norman B. Macintosh
The Resurrection of Taxonomy to Aid the Development of Middle Range Theories of Organizational Behavior
127 Citations1980Craig C. Pinder, Larry F. Moore
Academy of Management ReviewThe Application of Population Ecology Models to the Study of Organizations
93 Citations1985John Betton, Gregory G. Dess
British Journal of ManagementFrench and British Top Managers' Understanding of the Structure and the Dynamics of Their Industries: a Cognitive Analysis and Comparison
88 Citations1992Roland Calori, Gerry Johnson +1 more
Organization StudiesPower and Advantage in Organizations
81 Citations1981Kieron Walsh, Bob Hinings +2 more
Journal of Public PolicyIncremental Budgeting: Antecedents of Change
18 Citations1984Royston Greenwood