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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 Evolution of Wikipedia’s Norm Network
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TL;DR: The authors studied the fifteen-year evolution of the network of norms that sustain the online Wikipedia community using the interconnected set of pages that establish, describe, and interpret the community's norms.
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Return to work or job transition? : Employer dilemmas in taking social responsibility for return to work in local workplace practice
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Convergence and divergence dynamics in British and French business schools: How will the pressure for accreditation influence these dynamics?
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Power and Influence in the US Investment Banking Industry – a Case Study of Lehman Brothers
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