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Processing Fads and Fashions: An Organization-Set Analysis of Cultural Industry Systems
- P. Hirsch
- Sociology
- American Journal of Sociology
- 1 January 1972
Organizations engaged in the production and mass distribution of "cultural" items are often confronted by highly uncertain environments at their input and output boundaries. This paper outlines the… Expand
Social Movements, Field Frames, and Industry Emergence: A Cultural-Political Perspective
- M. Lounsbury, Marc J. Ventresca, P. Hirsch
- Sociology, Engineering
- 2003
This article examines how social movements contribute to institutional change and the creation of new industries. We build on current efforts to bridge institutional and social movement perspectives… Expand
Umbrella Advocates Versus Validity Police: a Life-Cycle Model
- P. Hirsch, D. Z. Levin
- Psychology
- 1 February 1999
The rise and fall of organizational effectiveness, an "umbrella construct" once at the forefront of organizational theory, is traced through four life-cycle stages: emerging excitement, the validity… Expand
The Discourse of Globalization: Framing and Sensemaking of an Emerging Concept
- Peer C. Fiss, P. Hirsch
- Sociology
- 1 February 2005
While the literature on framing has importantly expanded our understanding of frame creation and contests from an interpretive point of view, previous studies have largely neglected the structural… Expand
Ending the Family Quarrel
- P. Hirsch, M. Lounsbury
- Sociology
- 1 February 1997
Over the past couple of decades, research in organizational sociology has shifted away from the contextual richness of action perspectives toward more structuralist paradigms. DiMaggio and Powell's… Expand
From Ambushes to Golden Parachutes: Corporate Takeovers as an Instance of Cultural Framing and Institutional Integration
- P. Hirsch
- Sociology
- American Journal of Sociology
- 1 January 1986
Ownership contests for control of large American corporations have become increasingly problematic and public with the advent of the "hostile takeover." This article examines the diffusion of this… Expand
Television as a cultural forum: Implications for research∗
- Horace M. Newcomb, P. Hirsch
- Art
- 1 June 1983
(1983). Television as a cultural forum: Implications for research. Quarterly Review of Film Studies: Vol. 8, The Economic and Political Structure of American Television, pp. 45-55.
The “Scary World” of the Nonviewer and Other Anomalies
- P. Hirsch
- Psychology
- 1 October 1980
This article critically examines the statistical evidence presented by Gerbner et al. to support their assertion that television-viewing “cultivates” distorted perceptions of the “real world.” In… Expand
Organizational Effectiveness and the Institutional Environment.
- P. Hirsch
- Sociology
- 1 September 1975