IMPLEMENTING EXTERNALLY INDUCED INNOVATIONS: A COMPARISON OF RULE-BOUND AND AUTONOMOUS APPROACHES.

1 June 1988

journal article
Published by Academy of Management in The Academy of Management Journal

Vol. 31 (2) , 235-256
https://doi.org/10.2307/256547

Abstract

This research analyzed how nuclear power plants implemented safety review innovations introduced by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission after the Three Mile Island accident. The findings suggested that nuclear power plants with relatively poor safety records tended to respond in a rule-bound manner that perpetuated their poor safety performance and that nuclear power plants whose safety records were relatively strong tended to retain their autonomy, a response that reinforced their strong safety performance.

Keywords

NUCLEAR INDUSTRY
PROBITS
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS -- SAFETY MEASURES
MANAGEMENT
SAFETY
POWER RESOURCES
INDEPENDENT REGULATORY COMMISSIONS
NUCLEAR ENERGY -- SAFETY MEASURES
PUBLIC SAFETY

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