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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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Trabalho Docente e as Influências de Forças Coercitivas : um Estudo em uma Universidade Privada
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The Unanticipated Consequences of Purposive Political Action
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