Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
11-2017
Abstract
Individuals who join an organization often adopt its characteristic behaviors, but does the same effect extend to nearby nonmembers, and is this process impeded or enhanced by the competition between organizations? This article argues that organizations influence the behavior of both members and proximate nonmembers in a process we term “organizational leakage” and that competition between organizations moderates the impact of any one of them on individual behavior. This article finds, using the Add Health data, that an individual’s location in an organizational ecology is an important predictor of his or her behavior, even while controlling for other factors, including membership.
Discipline
Sociology | Work, Economy and Organizations
Research Areas
Sociology
Publication
American Journal of Sociology
Volume
123
Issue
3
First Page
787
Last Page
849
ISSN
0002-9602
Identifier
10.1086/693703
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Embargo Period
10-1-2018
Citation
BRASHEARS, Matthew E., GENKIN, Michael, & SUH, Chan S..(2017). In the organization’s shadow: How individual behavior is shaped by organizational leakage. American Journal of Sociology, 123(3), 787-849.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2382
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1086/693703