Institutions and Organizations Ideas and Interests

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ISBN: 9781412950909

ISBN-10: 1412950902

ISBN-13: 9781412950909

Edition: 3rd 2008

Authors: W. Richard Scott

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A bestseller since its First Edition, Institutions and Organizations remains the key source for a comprehensive overview of the institutionalist approach to organization theory. W. Richard Scott presents a historical overview of the theoretical literature, an integrative analysis of current institutional approaches, and a review of empirical research related to institutions and organizations. He offers an extensive review and critique of institutional analysis in sociology, political science, and economics as it relates to recent theory and research on organizations. New to the Third Edition: Further developed theoretical framework in chapters3 and4 is updated and amplified with the…

Book details

List price: $60.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/19/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Preface to Third Edition


Introduction



Early Institutionalists


Early Institutional Theory in Economics


Early Institutional Theory in Political Science


Early Institutional Theory in Sociology



Institutional Theory Meets Organization Studies


Institutions and Organizations: Early Approaches


Foundations of Neoinstitutional Theory



Crafting an Analytic Framework I: Three Pillars of Institutions


Defining Institutions


The Three Pillars of Institutions


The Three Pillars and Legitimacy


Basic Assumptions associated with the Three Pillars



Constructing an Analytic Framework II: Content, Agency, Carriers and Levels


Institutional Content and Organizations


Agency and Institutions


Varying Carriers


Varying Levels of Analysis



Institutional Construction


Creating Institutions


Selected Studies of Institutional Construction



Institutionalization


Three Conceptions of Institutionalization: Underlying Mechanisms


Maintaining and Diffusing Institutions


Carriers and Institutional Mechanisms



Institutional Processes and Organizations


Organizations and Institutions: Three Views


Legitimacy and Isomorphism


Institutional Context and Organizational Structure


Interactive Processes


Strategic Processes


Sources of Divergence



Institutional Processes and Organization Fields


Conceptualizing Organization Fields


Field Structuration Processes


Structuration, Destructurating, and Restructuration



An Overview and a Caution


Distinctive Features


The Maturation of Institutional Theory and Research


A Cautionary Comment


References


Index


About the Author