Coerced Practice Implementation in Cases of Low Cultural Fit: Cultural Change and Practice Adaptation During the Implementation of Six Sigma at 3M

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Title

Coerced Practice Implementation in Cases of Low Cultural Fit: Cultural Change and Practice Adaptation During the Implementation of Six Sigma at 3M

Abstract/Description

In this article, we present the findings of a longitudinal study of coerced implementation of a practice in the face of a low degree of fit between the practice and an organization's culture. Contrary to current predictions stating that a lack of cultural fit will eventually be resolved through adaptation of new practices, our findings portray the implementation of culturally dissonant practices as an ongoing process involving the mutual adaptation of organizational practices and culture. Our emerging model describes the cultural changes induced by the coercive implementation of new practices as involving a partial change in shared beliefs and behavioral patterns and a more general enrichment of the cultural repertoire of organization members.

Author/creator

Canato, Anna

Ravasi, Davide

Phillips, Nelson

Date

2013

In publication

Academy of Management Journal

Volume

56

Issue

6

Pages

1724-1753

Resource type

en Research/Scholarly Media

Resource status/form

en Published Text

Scholarship genre

en Empirical

Keywords

coerced implementation

cultural fit

organizational culture

practice adaptation

practice implementation

qualitative research

Open access/full-text available

en Yes

Peer reviewed

en Yes

ISSN

0001-4273

DOI

10.5465/amj.2011.0093

URL

Official Publisher's Webpage (Academy of Management)

Full-text PDF Shared by Author (ResearchGate)

Citation

Canato, A., Ravasi, D., & Phillips, N. (2013). Coerced Practice Implementation in Cases of Low Cultural Fit: Cultural Change and Practice Adaptation During the Implementation of Six Sigma at 3M. Academy of Management Journal, 56(6), 1724–1753. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2011.0093

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Cross-Sector Research on Continuous Learning and Improvement

Abbreviation

AMJ

Item sets

OB Citations - Cross-Sector Research on Learning and Improvement

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