Walking the Walk: Testing a Theory-Derived Measure of Campus Sexual Assault Policy Implementation

Institutional Theory posits that organizations sometimes engage in practices that are inconsistent with their stated policies—a process called “decoupling”—due to three types of legitimacy pressures: normative, coercive, and mimetic. Limited previous research suggests that such decoupling between po...

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VerfasserInnen: Moylan, Carrie A. (Verfasst von) ; Hammock, Amy C. (Verfasst von)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2021
In: Journal of interpersonal violence
Jahr: 2021, Band: 36, Heft: 13/14, Seiten: NP7137-NP7162
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