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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"New Institutional Theory"”.
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The foreign direct investment behaviour of Chinese firms : does the 'new institutional theory' approach offer explanatory power?
… the effect of the domestic and international institutional environments on the determinants, investment strategies and behaviour of Chinese MNEs. Particular emphasis is given to the role of cross-border business and social networks. To address these objectives a novel framework, termed the …
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The role of accounting control systems in the show caves in Greece.
The thesis uses the New Institutional Theory of Sociology (Di Maggio and Powell, 1983, 1991) to examine how accounting informs decision making in the Greek show caves. The study focuses on four show caves selected out of the eight main shows caves operating in Greece. Three of the studied caves are …
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Rooting for the story: Institutional sports journalism in the digital age
… through the lenses of media sociology and new institutional theory. In-depth interviews with 25 sports journalists (reporters and editors) identified the institutionalized norms, values, practices and routines of American sports journalism, demonstrated how that institutionalization affects …
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International, National, and Local Notions of the Public Library: An extended case study in Namibia
… Two theories framed the research: World Society Theory (Meyer et al. 1997) and New Institutional Theory (Powell and DiMaggio, 1991). World Society Theory was developed from evidence of similarities in governmental, health and educational organizations globally that demonstrates the growth of a …
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Församlingen i granskningssamhället
… a theoretical aim: to test, in interaction with new institutional theory, complementary theoretical tools of analysis for the study of parishes and congregations. Control is nothing new for the church. But models for quality control and auditing taken from their context entitled New Public …
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The adoption of IFRS in Poland: an institutional approach
… thesis draws on the sociological perspective of new institutional theory as put forward by Meyer and Rowan (1977) and DiMaggio and Powell (1983) to explain the reasons for the deviation in accounting practice from IFRS in Poland. The response of the Polish companies to the external demands to …
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Corporate Governance as a Transformation Tool in Sustaining Nigeria’s Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
… lessons from corporate governance theories, new institutional theory, constructivist institutionalism, and regulatory theories. Experiences from the system of corporate governance in the United Kingdom, entrepreneurial, and managerial self-efficacy assisted the thesis as well.<br/><br/>The …
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Who Decides and Why it Matters: Institutions, Differentiation and Northern Rural Higher Education
… of this research was to study the impact of institutional forces on higher education policy processes. The project involved a case study analysis of the alignment between intention and perceived impact, focused specifically on the implementation of higher education differentiation policy …
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Managing within the challenges & tensions facing the 21st Century UK NHS Managers: NHS Managers’ perceptions of their public image & the implications for their self and work identity.
… from and is relevant to Organisation Culture, New Institutional Theory, Self and Work Identity Theory and Corporate Social Responsibility. These relatively disparate fields of study are drawn upon in an integrated manner to explore and discuss the findings as they prove useful in developing a …
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Opening the Black Box: Government Teacher Workforce Policy in New York City
… a problematic gap between the aspirations of new policy initiatives and the web of state and district laws and regulations that actually governs public school teachers and holds them accountable. Using New York City as a case study, the dissertation investigates the broad range of state and …
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The institutional forces that impact on the understanding of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the form of social partnerships in the Peruvian Mining industry
… and cultural-cognitive elements under the New Institutional theory that have an impact on the understanding of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the development of social partnerships between peasant communities, mining companies and government in Peru. The literature review shows …
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How Instructional Leadership is Addressed in Educational Administration/Leadership Programs
… programs and to what extent this is related to institutional and demographic factors. Institutional homogenization suggests that a university will conform to the practices of other universities to maintain legitimacy.</p> <p>Method</p> <p>I employed a survey design to determine the perceptions …
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Developing a holistic framework for assessing research impact in South African higher education institutions, using a research-intensive university as a case study
… study was informed by the Payback Framework and New Institutional Theory. It adopted, within a pragmatist paradigm, an explanatory sequential mixed methods approach and data were collected using four instruments: an online questionnaire survey (255 academics, researchers and postdoctoral …