Institutions of Modernity and Postmodernity: The Construction of Actors

Ronald L. Jepperson; John W. Meyer

Part IV - Institutions of Modernity and Postmodernity: The Construction of Actors

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Ronald L. Jepperson and

John W. Meyer

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Ronald L. Jepperson: Affiliation:
University of Tulsa
John W. Meyer: Affiliation:
Stanford University, California

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Information: Institutional Theory
The Cultural Construction of Organizations, States, and Identities
, pp. 207 - 294

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