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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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Lean enough: Institutional logics of best practice and managerial satisficing in American manufacturing
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Determinants of employee training: impact on organizational legitimacy and organizational performance
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The Use of Public Language in Strategy A Multidisciplinary Review and Research Agenda
TL;DR: A review of the literature on public language used as a strategic tool to engage stakeholders and competitors is presented in this paper, where the authors define public language as words and text issued by an organization with specific strategic intent.
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Empty institutions, non-credibility and pastoralism: China’s grazing ban, mining and ethnicity
TL;DR: Li et al. as discussed by the authors conducted a survey and interviews in 11 villages in Northwest China and found that most herders feel that a grazing ban is not appropriate for conservation, while over half perceive negative ecological change, while there are complaints over adverse income effects.
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