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W .M. Gerard Sanders, Anja Tuschke
Examining the transnational diffusion of organizational practices from institutional environments in which they are legitimate to environments in which key institutional actors contest them, we contrast processes facilitating pioneering adoptions of contested practices with processes that diffuse the contested practices. Courageous adopters of contested practices are likely to have (1) exposure to high-status institutional environments in which the practices are legitimate and (2) experience with other contested practices. Regulatory legitimization and institutional isomorphism processes then diffuse the contested practices within an environment. The results of a study of stock option pay adoption among large German firms generally support our hypotheses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Academy of Management Journal is the property of Academy of Management and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
