Homogeneity in community‐based rape prevention programs

Empirical evidence of institutional isomorphism

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11043591
AutoresStephanie M Townsend, Stephanie Townsend (Dominican University, autor correspondente), Rebecca Campbell (0000-0003-0442-9835, Michigan State University)
Ano2007
Volume35
Fascículo3
Páginas367-382
Data de publicação2007-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-4392 • E-ISSN: 1520-6629
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/jcop.20153
OpenAlexW1965756766
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas10

This study examined the practices of 24 community‐based rape prevention programs. Although these programs were geographically dispersed throughout one state, they were remarkably similar in their approach to rape prevention programming. DiMaggio and Powell's (1991) theory of institutional isomorphism was used to explain the underlying causes of the homogeneity among the programs. Qualitative data indicate that the mimetic, normative, and coercive contextual factors pushed the programs into homogeneity. Implications for community psychology and organizational theory will be discussed. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc

Economics · Homogeneity (statistics) · Isomorphism (crystallography) · Management · Normative · Organizational structure · Organizational theory · Political science · Statistics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Law · Mathematics · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology