All Outputs (4)

The organizational niche (2003)
Journal Article
Hannan, M., Carroll, G., & Pólos, L. (2003). The organizational niche. Sociological Theory, 21(4), 309-340. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1467-9558.2003.00192.x

Although the concept of niche has been extremely useful in sociological theory and research, some aspects of the concept have not been clearly developed. This article advances a theoretical reconstruction of the concept of niche, with special applica... Read More about The organizational niche.

The fog of change: opacity and asperity in organizations (2003)
Journal Article
Hannan, M., Pólos, L., & Carroll, G. (2003). The fog of change: opacity and asperity in organizations. Administrative Science Quarterly, 48(3), 399-432. https://doi.org/10.2307/3556679

Initial architectural change in organizations often induces other subsequent changes, generating lengthy cascades of changes in subordinate units. This article extends a formal model of cascading organizational change by examining the implications fo... Read More about The fog of change: opacity and asperity in organizations.

Cascading organizational change (2003)
Journal Article
Hannan, M., Pólos, L., & Carroll, G. (2003). Cascading organizational change. Organization Science, 14(5), 463-482. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.14.5.463.16763

This article develops a formal theory of the structural aspects of organizational change. It concentrates on changes in an organization's architecture, depicted as a code system. It models the common process whereby an initial architectural change pr... Read More about Cascading organizational change.

Foundations of a theory of social forms (2002)
Journal Article
Polos, L., Hannan, M., & Carroll, G. (2002). Foundations of a theory of social forms. Industrial and Corporate Change, 11(1), 85-115. https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/11.1.85

Sociologists frequently invoke the concept of form when analyzing organizations, collective action, art, music, culture and other phenomena. Nonetheless, the form concept has not received careful theoretical analysis, either generally or in specific... Read More about Foundations of a theory of social forms.