Institutional environments and organizations : structural complexity and individualism

PART ONE: DEVELOPMENTS IN INSTITUTIONAL THEORYOntology and Rationalization in the Western Cultural Account - John W Meyer, John Boli and George M ThomasRationalized Environments - John W MeyerInstitutions and Organizations - W Richard Scott Toward a Theoretical SynthesisInstitutional Analysis - W Richard Scott Variance and Process Theory ApproachesInstitutional Conditions for Diffusion - David Strang and John W MeyerPART TWO: INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMPLEXITYSocial Environments and Organizational Accounting - John W MeyerEnvironmental Linkages and Organizational Complexity - W Richard Scott and John W Meyer Public and Private SchoolsCentralization, Fragmentation, and School District Complexity - John W Meyer, W Richard Scott and David StrangBureaucratization Without Centralization - John W Meyer et al Changes in the Organizational System of US Public Education, 1940 - 1980PART THREE: INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTS AND THE EXPANSION OF INDIVIDUALITY WITHIN ORGANIZATIONSInstitutional and Organizational Rationalization in the Mental Health System - John W MeyerThe Rise of Training Programs in Firms and Agencies - W Richard Scott and John W Meyer An Institutional PerspectiveEmployee Training - Susanne C Monahan, John W Meyer and Richard W Scott The Expansion of Organizational CitizenshipEqual Opportunity Law and the Construction of Internal Labor Markets - Frank R Dobbin et al