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'Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony', American Journal of Sociology, 83, pp. 340-63.
W. Richard Scott
- pp 493-516
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The article was published on 2016-12-05. It has received 992 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Ceremony.read more
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The Rise and Fall of "Results Initiatives" in Swedish Development Aid
TL;DR: The purpose of this thesis is to increase the understanding of tides of reforms by improving the knowledge of results measurement and management in the context of reform ideas.
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Crafting Legitimate Identities: Promotional Strategies in the Ontario Non-Elite Private School Sector
TL;DR: The authors conducted a mixed-methods analysis of the promotional profiles of 204 non-elite private schools (NEPS) located within Ontario, Canada and found that these schools engage in niche-seeking behavior, specifically catering to changing parental preferences for a caring consumer ethos with more holistic forms of child development.
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The surprising effects of transparency on the EU legislative process
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that more than evading the rules, EU decision-makers tend to implement them strategically, that is, to redirect them toward more beneficial effects, and show a relative failure of transparency rules, partly because the actors benefit of a high degree of discretion in the enforcement of rules.
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From charts and sails. Metaphors of management and organization in Germany and France
TL;DR: A comparison of dominant concepts of organization in Germany and France shows that the preference of scientists and practitioners for certain metaphors of organization is culturally determined as mentioned in this paper, and that the history of organization science in research and practice determines the emergence of preferred metaphors.
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Passive Biological Treatment of Mine Water to Reduce Conductivity: Potential Designs, Challenges, and Research Needs
Peter M. Smyntek,Peter M. Smyntek,Rachel C. Wagner,Leigh-Anne Krometis,Sergio Carvajal Sanchez,Theresa Wynn-Thompson,William H. J. Strosnider +6 more
TL;DR: Optimization of passive biological treatment systems targeting conductivity requires an increase in the number of published conductivity datasets from similar systems, detailed reports on the key ions contributing to elevated conductivity region to region, and further investigation of the underlying biochemical processes responsible for conductivity reductions.
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