The Institutional Construction of Organizations: International and Longitudinal Studies [Paperback]

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 research traditions - continental Europe and the United States - to shed light on the study of organizations. This includes empirical observations, longitudinal analyses, market-based organizational forms, and the concepts of agency and strategy.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 research traditions - continental Europe and the United States - to shed light on the study of organizations. This includes empirical observations, longitudinal analyses, market-based organizational forms, and the concepts of agency and strategy.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 Contralâ