The Institutional Construction of Organizations: International and Longitudinal Studies

The Institutional Construction of Organizations: International and Longitudinal Studies
ISBN-10
0803970714
ISBN-13
9780803970717
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
384
Language
English
Published
1995-08-03
Publisher
SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Authors
W. Richard Scott, Soren Moller Christensen

Description

During the past three decades, organization studies have witnessed a succession of theoretical perspectives - contingency theory, resource dependency and population ecology - that focus on one or other aspect of organizations. Only institutional theory highlights the importance of the wider social and cultural environment as the `ground' in which organizations are rooted. This book brings together original work from two different research traditions - continental Europe and the United States - to shed light on the study of organizations. This includes empirical observations, longitudinal analyses, market-based organizational forms, and the concepts of agency and strategy.

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