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The Millennial ‘Meh’: Correlated Groups as Collective Agents in the Automobile Field
dc.contributor.authorMontgomery, A. Wren
dc.contributor.authorWolske, Kimberly S.
dc.contributor.authorLyon, Thomas P.
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-12T17:22:57Z
dc.date.available2022-06-12 13:22:55en
dc.date.available2021-05-12T17:22:57Z
dc.date.issued2021-05
dc.identifier.citationMontgomery, A. Wren; Wolske, Kimberly S.; Lyon, Thomas P. (2021). "The Millennial ‘Meh’: Correlated Groups as Collective Agents in the Automobile Field." Journal of Management Studies (3): 673-717.
dc.identifier.issn0022-2380
dc.identifier.issn1467-6486
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/167449
dc.description.abstractExplanations for field change emphasize the role of purposeful strategic actors, paying little attention to uncoordinated but cohesive social groups, despite their profound impacts on fields ranging from autos and news to politics. Using a mixed methods approach, we study Millennials’ driving behaviours, focusing on the role of generation cohorts as field actors. Combining in‐depth qualitative analysis with an original nationwide survey (N = 2,225) we find that Millennials exhibit significantly different driving behaviour than earlier generations, driving for roughly 8 per cent fewer trips. These differences are primarily due to their attitudes, not, as commonly presumed, socio‐economic factors. Our results contribute to theory on fields and collective actors. First, we identify a new field phenomenon, correlated groups, uncoordinated actors behaving as collective agents due to shared experiences and characteristics. Second, we identify four mechanisms through which correlated groups impact fields: correlated imprinting, cohorts as conduit, cohort myth apathy, and cohort myth creation.
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.publisherAmerican Public Transportation Association
dc.subject.otherautomotive field
dc.subject.othercorrelated groups
dc.subject.otherfield actors
dc.subject.othergeneration cohort
dc.subject.otherinstitutional field
dc.subject.otherMillennials
dc.subject.othertechnological change
dc.titleThe Millennial ‘Meh’: Correlated Groups as Collective Agents in the Automobile Field
dc.typeArticle
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dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelManagement
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelBusiness
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/joms.12606
dc.identifier.sourceJournal of Management Studies
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