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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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Differentiation and Academic Control over Policy in Central and Eastern Europe: The Case of Romania.
TL;DR: In this paper, a political perspective is added to the phenomenon of higher education de-differentiation, by building on Gary Rhoades' neo-institutionalist account, and diversity is operationalized on a hall.
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Bridging gaps in innovation systems for small-scale agricultural activities in sub-Saharan Africa: brokers wanted!
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors delineate actors in the innovation system into three groups, smallholders, innovating units and funding/policy support institutions, and identify actors policy-makers can nominate as brokers to fast-track brokerage activities in the sector.
Online integrity disclosure: benchmark for good governance?
TL;DR: In this paper, the extent of integrity framework information disclosure on Malaysian local authorities' websites using the coercive isomorphism tenet was determined using the content analysis on 149 Malaysian local authority's websites.
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Sustainable Supply Chain Management in Food Retailing : Insights into corporate practice of managing supplier relationships
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated sustainable supply chain management practices in food retailing as a strategy to create environmentally and socially responsible food supply chains, including ways of managing supplier relationships and associated institutions (third-party sustainability certification and mechanism of private eco-branding).
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An introduction to the 5M framework: reframing change management education
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors introduce a reflective and critical rhetorical framework capable of replacing traditional approaches to change management and its education, which adopts a drama-tic approach, combining dramaturgical and pragmatic approaches to organisations and change.
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