The U‐shaped effect of logic multiplicity on organizational performance: Evidence from the US healthcare industry
研究了逻辑多重性（即组织面临的制度逻辑数量）对绩效的影响，发现其呈U形关系，且营利性法律形式中的市场逻辑能正向调节这一效应。基于加州336家医院的面板数据，用风险调整死亡率衡量绩效。
Abstract We investigate the effect of logic multiplicity on organizational performance and hypothesize that logics may impact performance in view of their sheer number. We further propose that the market logic embedded in the for‐profit legal form can positively moderate the impact of multiple logics on performance. To explore this empirically, we gathered panel data for 336 California general acute care hospitals whose performance can be broadly identified as their ability to provide quality healthcare and measured via their risk‐adjusted death rates. The study confirms our hypotheses and suggests that, once the heterogeneous nature of logics is accounted for, their sheer number plays a role in explaining the residual variance, because increasing means‐related logic multiplicity may reshape the way logics interact and ultimately impact performance. We contribute to the literature on institutional logics by providing a view of logics multiplicity instrumental to the improvement of organizational performance.