Institutional Change in Large Law Firms: A Resource Dependency and Institutional Perspective
结合资源依赖与制度理论，研究资源稀缺如何驱动、合法性如何促成大型律师事务所的人力资源制度创新，对组织管理学者和律师事务所有参考价值。
We integrate resource dependency and institutional theory to argue that resource scarcity drives, and legitimacy enables, institutional change. Building on a historical account, we examine the sources and timing of innovation departing from standard human resource practices using event history analysis of over 200 principal offices of large law firms. Offices with human resource scarcity innovated to acquire alternative resources; highly prestigious offices had the legitimacy to be first or early adopters. Our findings highlight the value of looking to the resource side and to the notion of legitimacy in building an institutional theory of change.