Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony

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• Publication year

  1977

• Venue

  American Journal of Sociology

• Publication date

  1977-09-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Business

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  DOI 10.1086/226550
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