Research Catalog

Title

Institutions and organizations : ideas and interests / W. Richard Scott.

Author

Scott, W. Richard

Publication

Los Angeles : Sage Publications, c2008.

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Details

Description

xii, 266 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Creating a clear, analytical framework for readers, Institutions and Organizations: Ideas and Interests, Third Edition continues to reflect the richness and diversity of institutional thought, viewed both historically and as a contemporary, ongoing field of study. By presenting the differences as well as the underlying commonalities of institutional theories, this book presents a cohesive view of the many flavors and colors of institutionalism. It evaluates and clarifies developments in both theory and research while identifying future research directions. New to the Third Edition: Elaborates on the three pillars of institutions as part of a larger framework and sheds light on the interplay between institutions and social systems."--Publisher description (LoC).

Subjects

• Organizational Culture
• Social institutions
• Organizational sociology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-258) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Early institutionalists -- Institutional theory meets organization studies -- Crafting an analytic framework I : three pillars of institutions -- Constructing an analytic framework II : content, agency, carriers, and levels -- Institutional construction -- Institutionalization -- Institutional processes and organizations -- Institutional processes and organization fields -- An overview and a caution.

ISBN

• 9781412950909 (pbk.)
• 1412950902 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2007020493

OCLC

• 131068683
• SCSB-11382923

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