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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Harsh Jha
We examine the emergence of an organizational form, charter schools, in Oakland, California. We link field-level institutional logics to organizational founding identities using topic modeling. We find corporate and communityfounding actors create distinct and consistent identities, whereas more peripheral founders indulge in more unique identity construction. We see the settlement of the form into a stable ecosystem with multiple identity codes rather than driving toward a single organizational identity. The variety of identities that emerge do not always map onto field-level institutional logics. This has implications for the conditions under which organizational innovation and experimentation within a new form may develop.
Author(s): Jha HK, Beckman CM
Editor(s): Marc-David L. Seidel , Henrich R. Greve
Series Editor(s): Professor Michael Lounsbury
Publication type: Book Chapter
Publication status: Published
Book Title: Emergence
Year: 2017
Volume: 50
Pages: 69-107
Print publication date: 28/03/2017
Online publication date: 24/03/2017
Acceptance date: 14/12/2016
Series Title: Research in the Sociology of Organizations
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Place Published: Bingley
URL: http://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20170000050003
DOI: 10.1108/S0733-558X20170000050003
Notes: Ebook ISBN 9781786359148
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ISBN: 9781786359155
