Formal Organization

Blau, Peter M.  "A Formal Theory of Differentiation in Organizations."  American Sociological Review 35 (1970):201-18.
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Chandler, Alfred.  Strategy and Structure.  Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 1962, pp. 1-51.
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DiMaggio, Paul, and Walter W. Powell.  "Introduction."  Pp. 1-38 in W.W. Powell and P.J. DiMaggio (eds.), The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis.  Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991.
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Fligstein, Neil.  "The Structural Transformation of American Industry: An Institutional Account of the Causes of Diversification in the Largest Firms, 1919-1979." Pp. 311-336 in W.W. Powell and P.J. DiMaggio (eds.), The New Institutionalism in Organization Analysis.  Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991.
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Hannan, Michael T., and John Freeman.  "The Population Ecology of Organizations."  American Journal of Sociology 82 (March 1977):929-964.
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March, James, and Johan Olsen.  "Organizational Choice under Ambiguity."  In The Sociology of Organizations: Basic Studies, ed. O. Grusky and J. Miller.  New York: Free Press, 1981, pp. 248-262.
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March, James, and Herbert Simon.  Organizations.  New York: Wiley, 1958, chs. 1, 3, 6, 7.
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Meyer, John W., and Brian Rowan.  "Institutionalized Organizations."  American Journal of Sociology 87 (1977):340-63.
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Pfeffer, Jeffrey, and Gerald Salancik.  The External Control of Organizations: Resource Dependence Perspective.  New York: Harper & Row, 1978, chs. 1, 3, 6, 7.
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Podolny, Joel M., Toby E. Stuart, and Michael T. Hannan.  "Networks, Knowledge, and Niches: Competition in the Worldwide Semiconductor Industry, 1984-1991," American Journal of Sociology 102 (Nov. 1996): 659-689.
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Selznick, Philip.  TVA and the Grass Roots.  New York: Harper & Row, 1966, "Introduction," chs. 3, 4, "Conclusion."
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Stinchcombe, Arthur.  "Social Structure and Organizations."  In Handbook of Organizations, ed. by J. G. March.  Chicago: Rand-McNally, 1965, pp. 142-93.
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Thompson, James D.  Organizations in Action.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967, chs. 2, 5, 6, 10.
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Weber, Max.  Economy and Society.  Edited by  Guenther Roth and Claus Wittich.  New York: Bedminster Press, 1968, vol. 1, Conceptual Exposition, pp. 956-1005 (Bureaucracy).

Williamson, Oliver.  "Economics of Organization: The Transaction Cost Approaches."  American Journal of Sociology 87 (1981):548-77.
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Young, Ruth.  "Is Population Ecology a Useful Paradigm for the Study of Organizations?"  American Journal of Sociology 94 (1988):1-24.
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The Archive

Zucker, Lynn G. "The Role of Institutionalization in Cultural Persistence." Pp. 83-107 in W.W. Powell and P.J. DiMaggio (eds.), The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991.
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