Raaijmakers et al (2015) LT

Question 1

Summary

Answer 1

In this research, we focus on decision makers’ interpretations of complex institutional pressures, asking when decision makers plan to comply with coercive institutional demands, and what pathways to compliance they plan under various conditions of institutional complexity.

Question 2

Independent variable

Answer 2

institutional complexity conditions

Question 3

Dependent variable:

Answer 3

the delay of intended compliance

Question 4

Stakeholders

Answer 4

powerful constituent support for institutional pressure & organizational member
support

Question 5

LOW SUPPORT

Answer 5

Longest delay of compliance.

Question 6

HIGH SUPPORT

Answer 6

Shortest delay of compliance.

Question 7

Responses to institutional pressures under institutional complexity

Answer 7

Higher levels of institutional complexity lead to delayed compliance with a coercive pressure, and to a larger variety of responses, aimed at different constituents.
- Decision makers in organizations must interpret the pressures they see and determine how to
act
- Complexity creates ambiguity about what is legitimate and how an organization should adapt.

Question 8

Micro foundations of macro Institutional Structures

Question 9

The importance of Time in responding to coercive Pressures for new practice adoption

Answer 9

The more complex an environment, the more time it takes to find a path to legitimacy
- Decision makers who face complex environments will look to delay responses in order to reduce
complexity and the uncertainty in legitimacy that comes with complexity.

Question 10

Hypothesis 1:

Answer 10

Decision makers facing a coercive institutional pressure to adopt a new practice will: a) intend to delay compliance longer when powerful external constituents do not support the practice, than when such constituents do support the practice.
b) Intend to delay compliance longer when organization members do not support the practice, than when such constituents do support the practice.

Question 11

Hypothesis 2:

Answer 11

Decision makers’ delays in intended compliance under low institutional complexity will be shorter than the delay under moderate institutional complexity, and the delay under moderate institutional complexity will be shorter than the delay under high institutional complexity.

Question 12

Study 1

Answer 12

To what extent do distinct levels of institutional complexity cause differences in the delay of intended compliance?