An Analysis of Organizational Conformity and Deviation Based on Status
A Multiple Regression Analysis of Facilities’ Change in Rural Hotels in Japan
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https://doi.org/10.51094/jxiv.1235Keywords:
middle-status conformity, organizational sociology, organization theory, hotel industry, accommodation industryAbstract
The middle-status conformity theory explains how the behavior of a group of organizations in the same environment can diverge into conformity and deviation. However, the theory’s scope condition under which status acts as a factor influencing organizational behavior has not been sufficiently clarified yet. This study adopts the middle status conformity theory as a framework for solving the conformity-deviation problem and examines what roles the degree of uncertainty plays with this theory’s scope condition. Using data on changes in the composition of hotel rooms in the Japanese hotel market, I will conduct a multiple regression analysis to examine the relationship between the level of organization’s status and how organizations behave. Through this analysis, we clarify the scope condition of status theory to apply it to the conformity-deviation problem and present a foundation for a unified explanation of the mechanisms of organization’s conformity and deviation.
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