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Institutions and Organizations: Ideas and Interests

W. Richard Scott

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The bestselling Institutions and Organizations remains the key source for a comprehensive overview of the institutionalist approach to organization theory. The author presents: an historical overview of the theoretical literature; an integrative analysis of current institutional approaches, and a review of empirical research related to institutions and organization in addition to an extensive review and critique of institutional analysis in sociology, political science, and economics as it relates to recent theory and research on organizations.

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Key concepts: Institutional theory, Institutionalisation, Isomorphism (crystallography), Legitimacy, Organizational theory, Agency (philosophy), Context (archaeology), New institutionalism