Abstract
We examine how the immigration of leaders possessing different skills, understandings, assumptions, and values can promote change within institutionalized organizations and fields. Our results indicate that American liberal arts colleges were more likely to adopt controversial professional programs during the 1970s and 1980s when led by presidents who had recently migrated either from colleges that had professional programs or from lower-status colleges.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 120-143 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | Academy of Management Journal |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2002 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Business and International Management
- General Business, Management and Accounting
- Strategy and Management
- Management of Technology and Innovation