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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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Studying the community corrections field: Applying neo-institutional theories to a hidden element of mass social control
TL;DR: The growth in US incarcerated populations has produced unintended negative consequences for other justice system agencies as discussed by the authors, and the community corrections field is faced with two related problems stem from this unintended negative effect.
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Accountability and expertise in public sector risk management: a case study
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Explaining Legal Transplants: Transplantation of EU Law into Central Eastern Europe
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Networked Press Freedom and Social Media: Tracing Historical and Contemporary Forces in Press-Public Relations
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Institutional Change of Accounting Systems: The Adoption of a Regime of Adapted International Financial Reporting Standards
TL;DR: In this article, the authors combine Dillard et al. this article with institutional entrepreneurship theory to enhance understanding of institutional change processes when a country adopts international accounting standards, focusing on the changes in social structures and accounting practices that arose in 2010 when Portugal replaced its national accounting system for unlisted companies, with a new system of accounting based on International Financial Reporting Standards.
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