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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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The Innovation of Community Policing and the COPS Office: Does Diffusion of Innovation Theory Hold in a Manipulated Environment?
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used diffusion of innovation theory to demonstrate the impact of a manipula on the performance of manipulae in a manipulation task, and demonstrated the impact a manipulum can have on a manipulation.
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Related party transaction disclosure: compliance, determinants, value-relevance and real earnings management
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the extent and the determinants of compliance with the disclosure requirements on RPTs by Malaysian listed firms and investigated the value-relevance of Malaysian Financial Reporting Standard (MFRS) 124 adoption, real earnings management (REM) in RPT, and the moderating effect of compliance compliance with MFRS 124 on the relationship between REM and firm value.
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Les représentations professionnelles en question. Le cas des intermédiaires dans les fusions-acquisitions
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose an analysis of intermediaires financiers, en particular travailleurs, and en particulier comprendre leur representation professionnelle des entreprises qu’ils participent a vendre ou a acheter.
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2014 PSA Presidential Address (Un)Changing Institutions: Work, Family, and Gender in the New Economy
TL;DR: In this article, the pace, prospects, and pathways for change in work, family, and gender at the societal and organizational levels are explored, and how academic leaders' narratives about work, families and gender can slow or undermine change efforts.
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Mandates to Coordinate: The Case of the Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act
TL;DR: In this article, a case study of the implementation of the Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act of 1998, which called on federal land management agencies to coordinate with units of local government in southern Nevada to develop a regional system of parks, trails, and natural areas is presented.
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