Cooptation is the process of absorbing new elements into the leadership or policy- determining structure of an organization as a means of averting threats to its stability or existence.


p. 13 - TVA and the grass roots : a study in the sociology of formal organization, 1949


Cooptation is the process of absorbing new elements into the leadership or policy- determining structure of an organization as a means of averting...

Cooptation is the process of absorbing new elements into the leadership or policy- determining structure of an organization as a means of averting...

Cooptation is the process of absorbing new elements into the leadership or policy- determining structure of an organization as a means of averting...

Cooptation is the process of absorbing new elements into the leadership or policy- determining structure of an organization as a means of averting...