W. Richard Scott

Institutions and Organizations

Provides overview of the institutionalist approach to organization theory...

Organizational Environments

Ritual and Rationality

The original edition of this important book has had a significant impact on organizational theorizing throughout the past decade. Meyer and Scott are ...

Institutions and Organizations

Ideas and Interests

Introduction -- Early institutionalists -- Institutional theory meets organization studies -- Crafting an analytic framework I : three pillars of inst...

Institutions and Organizations

Ideas, Interests, and Identities

Creating a clear, analytical framework, this comprehensive exploration of the relationship between institutional theory and the study of organizations...

Institutional Environments and Organizations

Structural Complexity and Individualism

The institutional theory of organizations developed by Scott, Meyer and their colleagues over the past two decades has had an enormous impact on organ...

Organizations and Organizing

Rational, Natural and Open Systems Perspectives

This broad, balanced introduction to organizational studies enables the reader to compare and contrast different approaches to the study of organizati...

The Institutional Construction of Organizations

International and Longitudinal Studies

Institutional theory is on the rise. During the past three decades, the field of organization studies has witnessed a succession of theoretical perspe...

The Quality Movement and Organization Theory

Bridging theory and practice, the contributors assess new quality approaches, how they work, and the conditions under which they are effective....

Organizations and Organizing: Pearson New International Edition

Rational, Natural and Open Systems Perspectives

For advanced undergraduate courses on organizations, sociology of organizations, organizations & management, and organization theory. Courses can be f...

Formal Organizations

A Comparative Approach

Upon its publication in 1962, this book became one of the founding texts of organizational sociology. Bringing together diverse approaches, it present...

Institutional Change and Healthcare Organizations

From Professional Dominance to Managed Care

The changes in the US healthcare system since World War II are documented here, from new technologies, service-delivery arrangements, to financing mec...

The Organization of Institutional Sectors

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Environmental Linkages and Organizational Complexity

Public and Private Schools

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Evaluation and the Exercise of Authority

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Formal Organizations

A Comparitive Approach

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Formal Organizations

A Comparative Approach

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Between Movement and Establishment

Organizations Advocating for Youth

This pathbreaking book examines the strategies, successes, and challenges of youth advocacy organizations, highlighting the importance of local contex...

Hospital Structure and Performance

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Metropolis and Region

Otis Dudley Duncan, W. Richard Scott, Stanley Lieberson, Beverly Duncan... [et Al.].

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