Institutional Theories Of Organization

Cognitive Legitimacy, Resource Access, and Organizational Outcomes

“…Through this process, an organization has better access to strategic resources that allow it to grow and survive (Baum & Oliver, 1991 Source: Adapted from Zimmerman and Zeitz (2002:415) Recent literature has analyzed different aspects of this process, though numerous elements and relationships still remain to be empirically tested. Some authors consider that legitimacy is a key element for organizational survival (Meyer & Rowan, 1977;Zucker, 1987;Zimmerman & Zeitz, 2002). Brown (1998, p. 35) states that "legitimate status is a sine qua non for easy access to resources, unrestricted access to markets, and long term survival".…”

“…Organizations have a tendency to become institutionalized in order to survive. To do so, they must cultivate their legitimacy (DiMaggio and Powell, 1983;Zucker 1987). Its importance lies in the fact that the desirability and acceptance of an organization's activities allows it to maintain the support of key constituencies.…”

Exploring the Role of Government in Information Technology Diffusion

“…Here, we concentrate more on external institutional elements as a unique environmental factor. The second research stream is institutional theory perspective, which is used to explore the effects of path dependency, governmental intervention, and historical context on the evolution of organizational rules (Zucker 1987). These streams provide evidence of environment constructs, especially government related factors in the model.…”

“…From an institutional view, firms with strong ties to the public sector are likely to adopt innovations required or supported by government policy (Minings and Greenwood 1987;Zucker 1987). In China, the government has determined informafization-driven industrialization as part of its national policy.…”

“…Accordingly, we propose Prior research shows that nontechnical environmental factors affect innovation adoption Tomatzky and Fleischer 1990). While firms in e-commerce surveys frequently cite environment issues like security, credibility of the system, and legal matters as their major concems, they also point out that incentives provided by the government are key drivers for their new IT and e-commerce usage (Tan and Ouyang 2004;Xu et al 2004 Firms with strong ties to the public sector are likely to adopt IT innovations supported by government policy (Hinings and Greenwood 1987;Zucker 1987) and to follow up government IT-usage actions. The extent of environmental effect can be defined by firms' ownership, investment property, and industry type.…”