The antecedents of conformity in an institutionalized federated system: The case of local united ways

Hyunseok Hwang, Megan LePere-Schloop, Wenpei You, Laurie E. Paarlberg
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To what extent do organizations conform to external pressures within a highly institutionalized federated system? Drawing on the theory of middle-status conformity, and distinguishing between ascribed and achieved status, we examine variation in linguistic conformity across the United Way (UW) system. Using a unique set of data collected from multiple sources, we analyzed the effect of both ascribed status (age) and achieved status (fundraising performance) on local UW conformity to the community impact language of the United Way Worldwide (UWW). We found a curvilinear relationship between linguistic conformity and achieved status but not ascribed status. Local UWs with achieved middle status based on fundraising performance were more likely to conform to the UWW's community impact language than low and high-status local UWs. The presence of a state UW association moderated the relationship between achieved status and linguistic conformity. This study contributes a novel conceptualization and operationalization of organizational conformity, refines the theory of middle-status conformity by distinguishing two types of status in the context of a highly institutionalized federated system, and examines moderating conditions of middle-status conformity.
制度化联合系统中一致性的先决条件:地方联合方式的案例
在一个高度制度化的联合系统中,各组织在多大程度上顺应了外部压力?我们借鉴中间地位顺应理论,并区分归属地位和成就地位,研究了整个联合劝募协会(UW)系统在语言顺应方面的差异。利用从多个来源收集到的一组独特数据,我们分析了归属地位(年龄)和成就地位(筹款业绩)对当地华联与全球联合劝募协会(UWW)社区影响语言一致性的影响。我们发现,语言一致性与成就地位之间存在曲线关系,但与归属地位无关。与低地位和高地位的地方华盛顿大学相比,根据筹款表现获得中等地位的地方华盛顿大学更有可能遵从世界联合劝募协会的社区影响语言。州立大学协会的存在调节了所取得的地位与语言一致性之间的关系。本研究为组织顺应性提供了新的概念和操作方法,通过区分高度制度化的联合系统中的两种地位类型,完善了中间地位顺应性理论,并研究了中间地位顺应性的调节条件。
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