Institutional Construction of Organizations: International and Longitudinal Studies

by Søren Christensen

Book Overview

During the past three decades, organization studies have witnessed a succession of theoretical perspectives - contingency theory, resource dependency and population ecology - that focus on one or other aspect of organizations. Only institutional theory highlights the importance of the wider social and cultural environment as the ground′ in which organizations are rooted.

This book brings together original work from two different...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803970714
• ISBN13: 9780803970717
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.9"