Organizations, Tradition and
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7077938 |
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| Authors | Steven P Feldman (0000-0002-1285-9758, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Publication date | 2007-02-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeoso029 |
| OpenAlex | W4252300757 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
The essence of tradition is sequential pattern, a sequence of related meanings that are received and transmitted over time. The meanings can be related by association to common themes, in the contiguity of presentation and transmission, or in descent from a common origin (Shils 1981). For example, pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson has maintained a company “credo” since the 1930s. The credo has been changed multiple times during this period, but similar themes, the style of education and communication, and the connection to its origin have remained. Thus, Johnson & Johnson has a business philosophy tradition. This tradition can be seen in the way managers thought about and reacted to the Tylenol crisis in the early 1980s
Aesthetics · Art · Association (psychology · Connection (principal bundle · Contiguity · Epistemology · Literature · Period (music · Presentation (obstetrics · Sociology · Style (visual arts · Computer Science · Engineering · Management Theory and Practice · Medicine · Philosophy · Surgery
| Highly cited | No |
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