INSTITUTIONALIZATION SCALE DEVELOPMENT STUDY: A RESEARCH ON INTERNATIONALIZED FIRMS

The institutionalization has been defined in many dimensions in the literature. When the studies are examined, it has been seen that institutionalization has been discussed from two different perspectives which are called old and new approach. The old institutionalization approach refers institutionalization as a structural feature of the firm, while the new institutionalization approach refers institutionalization as a structure that occurs around the company and has a certain effect on the firm. In this study, it was aimed to develop the scale for measuring institutionalization from both perspectives. Institutionalization scale from the perspective of the old institutionalization was developed by measuring the organizational institutionalization level of the company. Institutionalization scale from the perspective of the new institutionalization was developed by measuring the managers' perception of institutional forces existing in the environment of the company. Firstly a pilot study is conducted with a sample of 100 firm and then main study is conducted on with a sample of 392 firms internationalized by using obtained data from questionaries. Reliability and validity of obtained data was assured and the exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted respectively. Statistically reliable and valid institutionalization scale is developed. (C) 2019 Published by Future Academy www.FutureAcademy.org.uk