Being apart together: convergence and divergence in the field of Dutch politics

Organizations from the same industry or field often tend to become more similar over time, despite being different in terms of for example strategies, goals, or performance. However, recently scholars pointed out that organizational fields are dynamic entities with permeable boundaries, thus indicating that prior literature may have oversimplified the phenomenon. Indeed, in this paper we draw attention to an organizational field that centers on text, and AU:2 revolves around shared (or debated) meaning stemming from that text. The guiding research question is, “To what extent do organizations... Mehr ...