The Institutional Construction of Organizations
International and Longitudinal Studies
Edited by:
- W. Richard Scott - Stanford University, USA
- Soren Moller Christensen
Other Titles in:
Organizational Theory
Organizational Theory
August 1995 | 384 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
During the past three decades, organization studies have witnessed a succession of theoretical perspectives - contingency theory, resource dependency and population ecology - that focus on one or other aspect of organizations. Only institutional theory highlights the importance of the wider social and cultural environment as the `ground' in which organizations are rooted.
This book brings together original work from two different research traditions - continental Europe and the United States - to shed light on the study of organizations. This includes empirical observations, longitudinal analyses, market-based organizational forms, and the concepts of agency and strategy.
W Richard Scott and Sóren Christensen
Preface
W Richard Scott
Introduction
PART ONE: ACCOUNTING FOR INSTITUTIONS
Peter Abell
The New Institutionalism and Rational Choice Theory
Theresa K Lant and Joel A C Baum
Cognitive Sources of Socially Constructed Competitive Groups
Mark C Suchman
Localism and Globalization in Institutional Analysis
PART TWO: ORGANIZATIONAL ADAPTATION TO CONFLICTING AND SHIFTING INSTITUTIONAL AND TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENTS
Sóren Christensen and Jan Molin
Origin and Transformation of Organizations
Jan Mouritsen and Peter Sk[ae]b[ae]k
Civilization, Art, and Accounting
Finn Borum and Ann Westenholz
The Incorporation of Multiple Institutional Models
PART THREE: INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTS ON FIRMS AND FIELDS
Christian Knudsen
The Competence View of the Firm
Stephen J Mezias
Using Institutional Theory to Understand For-Profit Sectors
PART FOUR: INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTS ON INDUSTRIES
Patricia H Thornton
Accounting for Acquisition Waves
Raghu Garud and Arun Kumaraswamy
Coupling the Technical and Institutional Faces of Janus in Network Industries
Peter Karn[o with a line through]e
Institutional Interpretations and Explanations of Differences in American and Danish Approaches to Innovation
Frank Dobbin
The Origins of Economic Principles
W Richard Scott and Sóren Christensen
Conclusion