Institutional Environments and Organizations: Structural Complexity and Individualism [Paperback]

The institutional theory of organizations developed by Scott, Meyer and their colleagues over the past two decades has had an enormous impact on organizational theory and research. In this book, the editors review the major theoretical advances of the past decade and the empirical testing they have done on these theories. Their work has highlighted two key themes: the interrelationship between organizational complexity and the institutional environment; and the place of the individual within the organization.The institutional theory of organizations developed by Scott, Meyer and their colleagues over the past two decades has had an enormous impact on organizational theory and research. In this book, the editors review the major theoretical advances of the past decade and the empirical testing they have done on these theories. Their work has highlighted two key themes: the interrelationship between organizational complexity and the institutional environment; and the place of the individual within the organization.PART ONE: DEVELOPMENTS IN INSTITUTIONAL THEORY
Ontology and Rationalization in the Western Cultural Account - John W Meyer, John Boli and George M Thomas
Rationalized Environments - John W Meyer
Institutions and Organizations - W Richard Scott
Toward a Theoretical Synthesis
Institutional Analysis - W Richard Scott
Variance and Process Theory Approaches
Institutional Conditions for Diffusion - David Strang and John W Meyer
PART TWO: INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMPLEXITY
Social Environments and Organizational Accounting - John W Meyer
Environmental Linkages and Organizational Complexity - W Richard Scott and John W Meyer
Public and Private Schools
Centralization, Fragmentation, and School District Complexity - John W Meyer, W Richard Scott and David Strang
Bureaucratization Without Centralizaló*