Institutional Environments and Organizations: Structural Complexity and Individualism

Abstract

PART ONE: DEVELOPMENTS IN INSTITUTIONAL THEORY Ontology and Rationalization in the Western Cultural Account - John W Meyer, John Boli and George M Thomas Rationalized Environments - John W Meyer Institutions and Organizations - W Richard Scott Toward a Theoretical Synthesis Institutional Analysis - W Richard Scott Variance and Process Theory Approaches Institutional Conditions for Diffusion - David Strang and John W Meyer PART TWO: INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMPLEXITY Social Environments and Organizational Accounting - John W Meyer Environmental Linkages and Organizational Complexity - W Richard Scott and John W Meyer Public and Private Schools Centralization, Fragmentation, and School District Complexity - John W Meyer, W Richard Scott and David Strang Bureaucratization Without Centralization - John W Meyer et al Changes in the Organizational System of US Public Education, 1940 - 1980 PART THREE: INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTS AND THE EXPANSION OF INDIVIDUALITY WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS Institutional and Organizational Rationalization in the Mental Health System - John W Meyer The Rise of Training Programs in Firms and Agencies - W Richard Scott and John W Meyer An Institutional Perspective Employee Training - Susanne C Monahan, John W Meyer and Richard W Scott The Expansion of Organizational Citizenship Equal Opportunity Law and the Construction of Internal Labor Markets - Frank R Dobbin et al

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