The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis
@article{Powell1992TheNI, title={The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis}, author={Walter W. Powell and Paul DiMaggio}, journal={Administrative Science Quarterly}, year={1992}, volume={38}, pages={691} }
Long a fruitful area of scrutiny for students of organizations, the study of institutions is undergoing a renaissance in contemporary social science. This volume offers, for the first time, both often-cited foundation works and the latest writings of scholars associated with the "institutional" approach to organization analysis. In their introduction, the editors discuss points of convergence and disagreement with institutionally oriented research in economics and political science, and locate…
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