Institutional theory is on the rise. During the past three decades, the field of organization studies has witnessed a succession of theoretical perspectives--including contingency theory, resource dependency, and population ecology--that focus attention on one or another aspect of organizations. Only institutional theory highlights the importance of the wider social and cultural environment as the "ground" in which organizations are rooted. The original work in The Institutional Construction of Organizations sheds new light on the study of organizations. The editors bring together work from two different research traditions--the United States and Europe. The collection also layers in several important perspectives of institutional theory, including empirical observations, longitudinal analyses, market-based organizational forms, and attention to the concepts of agency and strategy. The result is a finely textured, fully developed work for scholars and advanced students of organizational theory and behavior.
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Brings together original work from two different research traditions - continental Europe and the United States - to focus on the study of organizations. This title includes empirical observations, longitudinal analyses, market-based organizational forms, and the concepts of agency and strategy.
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Preface - W Richard Scott and Sóren Christensen Introduction - W Richard Scott Institutional Theory and Organizations PART ONE: ACCOUNTING FOR INSTITUTIONS The New Institutionalism and Rational Choice Theory - Peter Abell Cognitive Sources of Socially Constructed Competitive Groups - Theresa K Lant and Joel A C Baum Examples from the Manhattan Hotel Industry Localism and Globalization in Institutional Analysis - Mark C Suchman The Emergence of Contractual Norms in Venture Finance PART TWO: ORGANIZATIONAL ADAPTATION TO CONFLICTING AND SHIFTING INSTITUTIONAL AND TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENTS Origin and Transformation of Organizations - Sóren Christensen and Jan Molin Institutional Analysis of the Danish Red Cross Civilization, Art, and Accounting - Jan Mouritsen and Peter Sk[ae]b[ae]k The Royal Danish Theater - An Enterprise Straddling Two Institutions The Incorporation of Multiple Institutional Models - Finn Borum and Ann Westenholz Organizational Field Multiplicity and the Role of Actors PART THREE: INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTS ON FIRMS AND FIELDS The Competence View of the Firm - Christian Knudsen What Can Modern Economists Learn from Philip Selznick′s Sociological Theory of Leadership? Using Institutional Theory to Understand For-Profit Sectors - Stephen J Mezias The Case of Financial Reporting Standards PART FOUR: INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTS ON INDUSTRIES Accounting for Acquisition Waves - Patricia H Thornton Evidence from the US College Publishing Industry Coupling the Technical and Institutional Faces of Janus in Network Industries - Raghu Garud and Arun Kumaraswamy Institutional Interpretations and Explanations of Differences in American and Danish Approaches to Innovation - Peter Karn[o with a line through]e The Origins of Economic Principles - Frank Dobbin Railway Entrepreneurs and Public Policy in 19th-Century America Conclusion - W Richard Scott and Sóren Christensen Crafting a Wider Lens
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780803970717
Publisert
1995-09-27
Utgiver
Vendor
SAGE Publications Inc
Vekt
630 gr
Høyde
228 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
384

Biographical note

W. Richard (Dick) Scott received his PhD from the University of Chicago and is currently Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology with courtesy appointments in the Graduate School of Business, Graduate School of Education, and School of Medicine at Stanford University. He has spent his entire professional career at Stanford, serving as chair of the Sociology Department (1972–1975), as director of the Training Program on Organizations and Mental Health (1972–1989), and as director of the Stanford Center for Organizations Research (1988–1996). Scott is an organizational sociologist who has concentrated his work on the study of professional organizations, including educa­tional, engineering, medical, research, social welfare, and nonprofit advocacy organizations. During the past three decades, he has concen­trated his writing and research on the relation between organizations and their institutional environments. He is the author or editor of about a dozen books and more than 200 articles and book chapters. He was elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine (1975), served as editor of the Annual Review of Sociology (1987–1991), and as president of the Sociological Research Association (2006–2007). Scott was the recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Management and Organization Theory Division of the Academy of Management in 1988, the Distinguished Educator Award from the same Division in 2013, and of the Richard D. Irwin Award for Distinguished Scholarly Contributions to Management from the Academy of Management in 1996. In 2000, the Section on Organization, Occupations and Work of the American Sociological Association created the W. Richard Scott Award to annually recognize an outstanding article-length contribution to the field. He has received honorary doctorates from the Copenhagen School of Business (2000), the Helsinki School of Economics and Business (2001), and Aarhus University in Denmark (2010).