Meyer and Rowan (1977)

Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony

Authors: John W. Meyer and Brian Rowan

Source: American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 83 (1977), pp. 340-363.

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Author: Erving Goffman

Publisher: New York, Anchor Books, 1961.

Barley (1983)

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Author: Stephen R. Barley

Source: Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. 3 (1983), pp. 393-413.

Manning (1979)

Metaphors of the Field: Varieties of Organizational Discourse

Author: Peter K. Manning

Source: Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 4 (1979), pp. 660-671.

van Maanen (1979)

The Fact of Fiction in Organizational Ethnography

Author: John van Maanen

Source: Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 24, Vol. 4 (1979), pp. 539-550.

Menzies (1960)

A Case Study in the Functioning of Social Systems as a Defense against Anxiety: A Report on a Study of the Nursing Service of a General Hospital

Author: Isabel E. P. Menzies

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Schein (1985)

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Author: Edgar Henry Schein

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Engineering Culture: Control and Commitment in a High-Tech Corporation

Author: Gideon Kunda

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