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100			_aOertel, Simon
245			_aThe role of imprinting on the adoption of diversity management in German universities
260			_c2018
300			_ap.104-118.
520			_aThis study questions the universal effect of organizational imprinting and argues that the relevance of the imprint differs across organizations' administrative levels. Specifically, this study analyses how institutional founding conditions affect the adoption of diversity management, as a method of responding to increasing institutional pressure to conform to a logic of inclusion and equality in institutions of higher education. Focusing on 112 universities in Germany, results show that the imprint does not affect the adoption of diversity management in general but does so at higher administrative levels. Through a discussion of these findings, this study contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of how imprinting affects organizations. Further, it contributes to a better understanding of factors that influence the diffusion of diversity management in universities. - Reproduced.
650			_aGlobalisation
650			_aHigher educaiton - Germany
650			_aHigher education
773			_aPublic Administration
909			_a117043
999			_c117037 _d117037