bn: Scott.1995.Institutions and organizations

Scott.1995.Institutions and organizations

Author 　　　Scott, W. Richard.
Title 　　　　Institutions and organizations / W. Richard Scott.
Published 　　Thousand Oaks : SAGE c1995.
Persistent record link: http://laurel.lso.missouri.edu/record=b2706428~S1&searchscope=0

HM131 .S3845 1995


Table of Contents

Preface


Introduction

1 Early Institutionalists 1
　　　Early Institutional Theory in Economics 2
　　　Early Institutional Theory in Political Science 5
　　　Early Institutional Theory in Sociology 8
2 Institutional Theory and Organizations 16
　　　Early Applications to Organizations 16
　　　Neo-Institutional Theory and Organizations: Founding Conceptions 24
3 Contemporary Institutional Theory 33
　　　Varying Emphases: The Three Pillars of Institutions 34
　　　Varying Carriers 52
　　　Varying Levels of Analysis 55
4 Explaining Institutions: Empirical Research 63
　　　Creating and Changing Institutions 66
　　　Maintaining and Diffusing Institutions 78
5 Institutional Effects on Societal Systems, Organizational Fields, and Organizational Populations: Empirical Research 92
　　　Institutional Agents: The State and the Professions 93
　　　Effects on Societal Systems 96
　　　Effects on Organizational Fields 102
　　　Effects on Organizational Populations 108
6 Institutional Effects on Organizational Structure and Performance: Empirical Research 114
　　　Structural Effects of Institutional Context 115
　　　Interaction Effects 118
　　　Collective Responses to Institutional Environments 124
　　　Responses by Individual Organizations 128
7 Accomplishments, Continuing Controversies, New Directions 133
　　　Accomplishments 133
　　　Continuing Controversies 136
　　　New Directions 143
References 153
Index 172
About the Author 177



Author　　　 Scott, W. Richard.
Title　　　　 Institutions and organizations / W. Richard Scott.
Published 　　Thousand Oaks, Calif : Sage Publications, c2001.
Edition 　　　2nd ed.
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HM786 .S3845 2001

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Series
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction
1 Early Institutionalists 1
2 Institutional Theory and Organizations 21
3 Constructing an Analytic Framework I: Three Pillars of Institutions 47
4 Constructing an Analytic Framework II: Content, Agency, Carriers, and Levels 71
5 Institutional Construction, Maintenance, and Diffusion 91
6 Institutional Processes Affecting Societal Systems, Organizational Fields, and Organizational Populations 125
7 Institutional Processes Affecting Organizational Structure and Performance 151
8 Institutional Change 181
9 Looking Back, Looking Forward 205
References 217
Index 247
about the Author 255