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The phenomenon of isomorphism acts in the sense of checking cognitive legitimacy while other factors are at work which are connected to the culture and institutional environment of the country, which interfere in the dimension of moral legitimacy, resulting in institutionalization of the activity at a secondary level in the analyzed organization. It was seen that the process of institutionalization, in this case, has a circular characteristic, in which the phases of innovation, diffusion, partial saturation and partial deinstitutionalization follow one another cyclically, modifying the activity of operational auditing over time at the Court of Auditors.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1590\/s1415-65552007000500008","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2008,1,23]],"date-time":"2008-01-23T20:57:30Z","timestamp":1201121850000},"page":"153-175","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Isomorphism, institutionalization and legitimacy: operational auditing at the court of auditors"],"prefix":"10.1590","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Carlos Alberto Sampaio de","family":"Freitas","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Universidade de Bras\u00edlia"}]},{"given":"Tom\u00e1s de Aquino","family":"Guimar\u00e3es","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universidade de S\u00e3o Paulo; Universidade de Bras\u00edlia"}]}],"member":"530","reference":[{"key":"ref1","series-title":"Introdu\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e0 auditoria operacional","author":"Ara\u00fajo I. 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