?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F2690%2F&rft.title=From+La+Boh%C3%A8me+to+La+Wally%3A+How+Organizational+Status%0D%0AAffects+the+(Un)conventionality+of+Opera+Repertoires%0D%0A&rft.creator=Cancellieri%2C+Giulia&rft.creator=Riccaboni%2C+Massimo&rft.subject=H+Social+Sciences+(General)&rft.description=In+this+paper+we+examine+the+relationship+between+organizational+status+and+nonconformity+in+complex+institutional+fields+characterized+by+the+enduring+tension+between+divergent+institutional+logics.++First%2C+we+hypothesize+the+existence+of+an+inverted+U-shaped+(IUS)+relationship+between+status+and+nonconformity.+Second%2C+we+argue+that+legitimacy+and+celebrity+enhancing+signals%2C+that+complement+the+external+perception+of+a+firm%E2%80%99s+market+identity%2C+moderate+the+relationship+between+status+and+nonconformity%2C+by+springing+up+or+inhibiting+opportunities+for+firms+to+protect+vs.+raise+their+status+position+through+high+status+patterns+of+affiliations.+Specifically%2C+we+argue+that+while+celebrity+enhancing+efforts+reinforce+middle+status+nonconformist+behaviors+by+emphasizing+the+exceptional+and+positive+valence+of+their+nonconformist+undertakings%2C+legitimacy+enhancing+signals+constraint+middle+status+deviant+behaviors+and+reverse+the+IUS+curve.+Unveiling+the+taken-for-granted+traits+of+their+identities+hampers+middle+status+ambition+to+raise+the+social+hierarchy+through+nonconformity+but+fosters+low+and+high+status+freedom+of+deviance+through+a+reinforced+security+in+their+social+position.+We+found+strong+support+for+our+arguments+in+statistical+analysis+of+42+Italian+opera+houses+repertoires+from+2004+to+2011.%0D%0AWe+synthesize+our+findings+by+offering+an+integrated+framework+on+how+the+interplay+between+status%2C+legitimacy+and+celebrity+enhancing+signals+affects+organizations%E2%80%99+ability+to+depart+from+established+institutional+frameworks+under+conditions+of+institutional+complexity.&rft.publisher=IMT+Institute+for+Advanced+Studies+Lucca&rft.date=2015-05&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.rights=cc_by_nd&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F2690%2F1%2FWP_2015_5.pdf&rft.identifier=++Cancellieri%2C+Giulia+and+Riccaboni%2C+Massimo++From+La+Boh%C3%A8me+to+La+Wally%3A+How+Organizational+Status+Affects+the+(Un)conventionality+of+Opera+Repertoires.++EIC+working+paper+series++%235%2F2015++++IMT+Institute+for+Advanced+Studies+Lucca++++ISSN+2279-6894.++++++