Institutional environments and organizations : Structural complexity and individualism / W. Richard Scott , John W. Meyer with collaboration of John Boli ... [et al.].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. I. Developments in Institutional Theory. 1. Ontology and Rationalization in the Western Cultural Account / John W. Meyer, John Boli and George M. Thomas. 2. Rationalized Environments / John W. Meyer. 3. Institutions and Organizations: Toward a Theoretical Synthesis / W. Richard Scott. 4. Institutional Analysis: Variance and Process Theory Approaches / W. Richard Scott. 5. Institutional Conditions for Diffusion / David Strang and John W. Meyer -- Pt. II. Institutional Environments and Organizational Complexity. 6. Social Environments and Organizational Accounting / John W. Meyer. 7. Environmental Linkages and Organizational Complexity: Public and Private Schools / W. Richard Scott and John W. Meyer. 8. Centralization, Fragmentation, and School District Complexity / John W. Meyer, W. Richard Scott and David Strang.

9. Bureaucratization Without Centralization: Changes in the Organizational System of U.S. Public Education, 1940-1980 / John W. Meyer, W. Richard Scott, David Strang and Andrew L. Creighton -- Pt. III. Institutional Environments and the Expansion of Individuality Within Organizations. 10. Institutional and Organizational Rationalization in the Mental Health System / John W. Meyer. 11. The Rise of Training Programs in Firms and Agencies: An Institutional Perspective / W. Richard Scott and John W. Meyer. 12. Employee Training: The Expansion of Organizational Citizenship / Susanne C. Monahan, John W. Meyer and W. Richard Scott. 13. Equal Opportunity Law and the Construction of Internal Labor Markets / Frank Dobbin, John R. Sutton, John W. Meyer and W. Richard Scott.