Authenticity commands increasing attention among consumers in advanced modern market economies, w... more Authenticity commands increasing attention among consumers in advanced modern market economies, who tacitly assign it value. Of special interest to social scientists is socially constructed authent...
International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies
The following sections provide an overview of 57 current insights, including the disagreements, o... more The following sections provide an overview of 57 current insights, including the disagreements, on 58 public organization survival. Two strands of 59 research emerge: (1) institutionalist theories with 60 a more "dichotomous" definition of termination 61 and (2) those using public choice-oriented theo-62 ries that consider a fine-grained range of political interventions on public organizations.
Excerpt] More recently, organizational strategists have begun to turn their attention to issues o... more Excerpt] More recently, organizational strategists have begun to turn their attention to issues of internal as well as external organizational relations and to examine many of the traditional assumptions underlying strategic analyses, with an increasingly critical eye. This book reflects such changes, both in the diversity of approaches taken by different authors and in the challenges that are posed to extant wisdom of the strategy literature.
? 1988 by Cornell University. 0001 -8392/88/3302-0233/$1 .00. 0 The research reported here was su... more ? 1988 by Cornell University. 0001 -8392/88/3302-0233/$1 .00. 0 The research reported here was supported by the Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California, Berkeley. Part of Carroll's work on the project was con-ducted while he was a Fellow at the Center for ...
Page 1. Dynamics of Publisher Succession In Newspa-per Organizations Glenn R. Carroll This paper ... more Page 1. Dynamics of Publisher Succession In Newspa-per Organizations Glenn R. Carroll This paper explores the effects of succession of the pub-lisher in local newspaper organizations. Unlike much previ-ous research, the ...
Recent research on organizational ecology is reviewed. Three levels of analysis and approaches to... more 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.
Do the cultural works artists produce after receiving major awards change in character? As awards... more Do the cultural works artists produce after receiving major awards change in character? As awards lessen the constraints artists typically face, we argue that award winners receive more opportunities, gain more autonomy, and are more likely to pursue unique creative paths. Empirically, we analyze the consequences of winning a major Grammy award, a high-profile (often status-shifting) honor in the popular music industry. Using a neural learning approach, we examine the subsequent artistic differentiation of albums of award winners from albums of other artists. We analyze whether the music styles and sonic content of post-Grammy albums of winners change, and whether they become more or less similar to the combined corpus of albums of other artists. In panel regression estimates, we find that after winning a Grammy, artists tend to release albums that stand out more stylistically from other artists. Surprisingly, artists who were nominated but did not win a Grammy became more similar t...
JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, a... more JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
Discontinuities frequently appear in the distribution of scores underlying the grades of public r... more Discontinuities frequently appear in the distribution of scores underlying the grades of public regulation schemes such as restaurant hygiene inspections. The typical study of such discontinuities conceives of them as representing rational behavioral responses to incentives inherent in the scheme itself. By contrast, we study how the evolving social relationship between an inspector and a restaurant influences grading outcomes in a systematic manner. Specifically, we consider variations in the strength of the social tie between an inspector and a restaurateur, conceived as a function of duration and interaction frequency. We study 425,779 inspections in Los Angeles County between 2000 and 2010, conducted by 557 inspectors in 26,724 restaurants. We find that the stronger the social tie between an inspector and a restaurateur, the more likely the inspector will be to "fudge" upward the hygiene inspection score. When aggregated, this behavior produces discontinuities-or kinks-in the distribution of scores occurring around the grade category boundaries. This behavior appears to be part of an implicit quid pro quo agreement: a lenient inspection in exchange for the restaurateur not requesting a re-examination. Importantly, the behavior generates public costs: a restaurant whose score is adjusted upwards is subsequently more likely to receive a customer complaint. These findings offer insight into how commensuration operates in the context of regulatory grading schemes and point to a range of implications for sociological theory.
ON USING INSTITUTIONAL THEORY IN STUDYING ORGANIZATIONAL POPULATIONS (Reply to Zucker, ASR, this ... more ON USING INSTITUTIONAL THEORY IN STUDYING ORGANIZATIONAL POPULATIONS (Reply to Zucker, ASR, this issue) GLENN R. CARROLL University of California at Berkeley MICHAEL T. HANNAN Cornell University Zucker claims that the model of density depen-dence in ...
Authenticity commands increasing attention among consumers in advanced modern market economies, w... more Authenticity commands increasing attention among consumers in advanced modern market economies, who tacitly assign it value. Of special interest to social scientists is socially constructed authent...
International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies
The following sections provide an overview of 57 current insights, including the disagreements, o... more The following sections provide an overview of 57 current insights, including the disagreements, on 58 public organization survival. Two strands of 59 research emerge: (1) institutionalist theories with 60 a more "dichotomous" definition of termination 61 and (2) those using public choice-oriented theo-62 ries that consider a fine-grained range of political interventions on public organizations.
Excerpt] More recently, organizational strategists have begun to turn their attention to issues o... more Excerpt] More recently, organizational strategists have begun to turn their attention to issues of internal as well as external organizational relations and to examine many of the traditional assumptions underlying strategic analyses, with an increasingly critical eye. This book reflects such changes, both in the diversity of approaches taken by different authors and in the challenges that are posed to extant wisdom of the strategy literature.
? 1988 by Cornell University. 0001 -8392/88/3302-0233/$1 .00. 0 The research reported here was su... more ? 1988 by Cornell University. 0001 -8392/88/3302-0233/$1 .00. 0 The research reported here was supported by the Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California, Berkeley. Part of Carroll's work on the project was con-ducted while he was a Fellow at the Center for ...
Page 1. Dynamics of Publisher Succession In Newspa-per Organizations Glenn R. Carroll This paper ... more Page 1. Dynamics of Publisher Succession In Newspa-per Organizations Glenn R. Carroll This paper explores the effects of succession of the pub-lisher in local newspaper organizations. Unlike much previ-ous research, the ...
Recent research on organizational ecology is reviewed. Three levels of analysis and approaches to... more 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.
Do the cultural works artists produce after receiving major awards change in character? As awards... more Do the cultural works artists produce after receiving major awards change in character? As awards lessen the constraints artists typically face, we argue that award winners receive more opportunities, gain more autonomy, and are more likely to pursue unique creative paths. Empirically, we analyze the consequences of winning a major Grammy award, a high-profile (often status-shifting) honor in the popular music industry. Using a neural learning approach, we examine the subsequent artistic differentiation of albums of award winners from albums of other artists. We analyze whether the music styles and sonic content of post-Grammy albums of winners change, and whether they become more or less similar to the combined corpus of albums of other artists. In panel regression estimates, we find that after winning a Grammy, artists tend to release albums that stand out more stylistically from other artists. Surprisingly, artists who were nominated but did not win a Grammy became more similar t...
JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, a... more JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
Discontinuities frequently appear in the distribution of scores underlying the grades of public r... more Discontinuities frequently appear in the distribution of scores underlying the grades of public regulation schemes such as restaurant hygiene inspections. The typical study of such discontinuities conceives of them as representing rational behavioral responses to incentives inherent in the scheme itself. By contrast, we study how the evolving social relationship between an inspector and a restaurant influences grading outcomes in a systematic manner. Specifically, we consider variations in the strength of the social tie between an inspector and a restaurateur, conceived as a function of duration and interaction frequency. We study 425,779 inspections in Los Angeles County between 2000 and 2010, conducted by 557 inspectors in 26,724 restaurants. We find that the stronger the social tie between an inspector and a restaurateur, the more likely the inspector will be to "fudge" upward the hygiene inspection score. When aggregated, this behavior produces discontinuities-or kinks-in the distribution of scores occurring around the grade category boundaries. This behavior appears to be part of an implicit quid pro quo agreement: a lenient inspection in exchange for the restaurateur not requesting a re-examination. Importantly, the behavior generates public costs: a restaurant whose score is adjusted upwards is subsequently more likely to receive a customer complaint. These findings offer insight into how commensuration operates in the context of regulatory grading schemes and point to a range of implications for sociological theory.
ON USING INSTITUTIONAL THEORY IN STUDYING ORGANIZATIONAL POPULATIONS (Reply to Zucker, ASR, this ... more ON USING INSTITUTIONAL THEORY IN STUDYING ORGANIZATIONAL POPULATIONS (Reply to Zucker, ASR, this issue) GLENN R. CARROLL University of California at Berkeley MICHAEL T. HANNAN Cornell University Zucker claims that the model of density depen-dence in ...
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