.... The authors conclude by discussing whether regular emergences of new theories that account for the idea-handling stage of diffusion signals institutional theory’s limit of validity in this domain. Originality/value The problem of idea emergence/diffusion/disappearance and adoption/variation/use...

... on deinstitutionalization is taken as a key text on the subject and as a starting point for building an alternative theory of deinstitutionalization. More broadly, institutional theory and organizational literature on diffusion/adoption are reviewed and synthesized. Findings The authors argue that possibilities...

... other, these two theories describe and predict different, incommensurable diffusion trajectories and organizational behaviour patterns. The purpose of this paper is to unify these two competing perspectives. This paper makes an attempt toward further unification of management fashion theory...

...-impossible to participate in the international debate without a mastery of the English language (Nickerson, 2005 ; Tietze, 2004). Diversity Diffusion France Organizational behavior Organizational theory Cross cultural studies The second challenge is that as a specific field...