Institutional isomorphism and public sector organizations.(Articles)

From: Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory | Date: July 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Though it has not penetrated deeply into the public administration literature to date, the new institutionalism in organizational analysis has made significant contributions to our understanding of the dynamics of organizations. It has moved research away from overly rationalistic explanations of organizational behavior toward explanations that recognize that organizations are embedded in larger cultural and political contexts. It has shifted the focus of research from explaining why organizations are so heterogeneous to why organizations are so similar. Over the past decade, as ...

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