login

Organizational Ecology

Annual Review of SociologyPublished 1 August 1984
Glenn R. Carroll
Citations325
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score5.26
SNIP6.42

Abstract

Recent research on organizational ecology is reviewed. Three levels of analysis and approaches to evolution are distinguished: (a) the organizational level, which uses a developmental approach; (b) the population level. which uses a selection approach; and (c) the community level, which uses a macroevolutionary approach. Theoretical and empirical research is critiqued within this framework. Proposals to develop organizational taxonomies are considered.

Keywords

Decision SciencesBusiness, Management and Accounting