Faking It or Muddling Through? Understanding Decoupling in Response to Stakeholder Pressures

Material Type Article Language English Title Faking It or Muddling Through? Understanding Decoupling in Response to Stakeholder Pressures Author(S) Donal Crilly (Author) Abstract   We advance a multilevel argument that challenges and qualifies existing explanations of firms' responses to institutional pressures. In an in-depth study of 17 multinational corporations involving 359 interviews with internal and external actors, we find that firms facing identical pressures decouple policy from practice in different ways and for different reasons. ... Pagination p 1429-1448 Subject Management Descriptors Management Journal Title The Academy of Management Journal     Permanent Links click here