2000
DOI: 10.5465/1556342
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Clearing A Path Through The Management Fashion Jungle: Some Preliminary Trailblazing

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“…For example, the management fashion literature would recognize the role of knowledge entrepreneurs in promoting IT diffusion through innovation related discourse or "hype" (Swanson and Ramiller 1997) which may lead to transient as opposed to institutionalized adoption (Abrahamson and Fairchild 1999;Fichman 2004;Wang 2010). These studies have highlighted the dynamics by which a new fashion is triggered by the downswing of a prior fashion (e.g., Abrahamson and Fairchild 1999;Carson et al 2000) and have noted the relationship between the nature, content, and type of discourse, and the discourse intensity. An upswing in discourse intensity may be associated with an emotional unreasoned discourse and a downswing likely to involve a more reasoned and unemotional discourse.…”
Section: It Diffusion and Computerization Movements Researchmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For example, the management fashion literature would recognize the role of knowledge entrepreneurs in promoting IT diffusion through innovation related discourse or "hype" (Swanson and Ramiller 1997) which may lead to transient as opposed to institutionalized adoption (Abrahamson and Fairchild 1999;Fichman 2004;Wang 2010). These studies have highlighted the dynamics by which a new fashion is triggered by the downswing of a prior fashion (e.g., Abrahamson and Fairchild 1999;Carson et al 2000) and have noted the relationship between the nature, content, and type of discourse, and the discourse intensity. An upswing in discourse intensity may be associated with an emotional unreasoned discourse and a downswing likely to involve a more reasoned and unemotional discourse.…”
Section: It Diffusion and Computerization Movements Researchmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The findings also have some implications for debates about the lifecycle of management fashions (Abrahamson 1996;Carson et al 2000). The adoption and diffusion pattern of the BSC in the Norwegian municipality sector lends some support to the view that the BSC is not a typical transient management fashion (cf.…”
Section: Diffusionmentioning
confidence: 66%
“…Despite the multiplicity of explanations, it is argued in this paper that management fashion theory, although not formerly designed for change explanations, captures the essence of agency vs. structure quarrel better then special institutional change theories. Fashion theory concerned with trends and discourse in management knowledge markets which results in swings in popularity [10][11][12][13][14].…”
Section: The Object Of Research and Its Technological Auditmentioning
confidence: 99%