The Adolescence of Institutional Theory
1987/12/01 by W. Richard Scott · 3,687 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Social Sciences · #Center (category theory) #Economic Theory and Institutions #Library science #Management and Organizational Studies #Media studies #Political science #Social Policy and Reform Studies #Sociology
paper · doi:10.2307/2392880
published in Administrative Science Quarterly 32(4), 493 (SAGE Publishing)
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Abstract
Early versions of this paper were presented at the on Institutional Change, held at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, CA, May 15-16, 1987; and at a conference, Critical Perspectives on Organizational Theories, sponsored by the International Sociological Association and held at the Conference Center De Narwal, Wassenaar, The Netherlands, July 19-21, 1987. Thanks are due to the conference organizers: Paul J. DiMaggio and Walter W. Powell, Stanford Conference; and to Marshall W. Meyer and Ad Teulings, Wassenaar Conference. I also wish to acknowledge the helpful comments received on earlier versions of this paper from Ronald L. Jepperson, John W. Meyer, and Walter W. Powell.
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