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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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Institutional Isomorphism due to the Influence of Information Systems and Its Strategic Position
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Policy Lessons for Inclusion from the Fate of the CCE Within the Performativity Culture in Education
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Citizens’ involvement in financial planning in the Russian North : External pressures and internal dynamics of participatory budgeting experiments
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore whether and how participatory budgeting experiments form participatory governance (PG) in two Northern municipalities of Russia, one in the High North and the other outside the Barents region.
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