SOC300H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Loose Coupling
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Meyer and rowans: organizational legitimacy requires visible conformity to fields norms. Symbolic compliance visible activity organizations do to look legitimate, even though it is not effective or efficient they do it because it is what we expect. Visible expectations that show organizations are conforming with the law. Organizations have to look legitimate by complying with the law. There is more or less likely to happen under certain circumstances 1. Broad, ambiguous language (legislature: procedural over substantive focus (courts, weak enforcement, no one is there insisting that you have to do something. If these things are present they will engage in symbolic compliance. Diversity training (have people talk about cultural awareness and be respectful towards minority) Quotas substantive compliance (think about the goal of legislation) Diversity training, grievance procedures, job descriptions = symbolic compliance. Adopted to please power holders (courts), protect the company (from lawsuits and avoid illegitimacy. They do(cid:374)"t (cid:272)ha(cid:374)(cid:272)e a(cid:272)tual pra(cid:272)ti(cid:272)e i(cid:374) (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)gful (cid:449)ays.
