Fields of practice: Connections between law and organizations

Law and Social Inquiry

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 959-966

  Powell, Walter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0030335542     PISSN: 08976546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4469.1996.tb00102.x     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Mark C. Suchman & Lauren B. Edelman, "Legal Rational Myths: The New Institutionalism and the Law and Society Tradition," 21 Law & Soc. Inquiry 943 (1996); John R. Sutton, "Rethinking Social Control," 21 Law & Soc. Inquiry 959 (1996).
2. Mark C. Suchman & Lauren B. Edelman, "Legal Rational Myths: The New Institutionalism and the Law and Society Tradition," 21 Law & Soc. Inquiry 943 (1996); John R. Sutton, "Rethinking Social Control," 21 Law & Soc. Inquiry 959 (1996).
3. Walter W. Powell & Paul J. DiMaggio, eds., The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991) ("Powell & DiMaggio, New Institutionalism").
4. Walter W. Powell & St Paul J. DiMaggio, eds., The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991) ("Powell & DiMaggio, New Institutionalism").
5. W. Richard Scott, Institutions and Organizations 33 (Thousand Oaks, Cal.: Sage Publications, 1995).
6. Robert Nelson, Partners with Power: the Social Transformation of the Large Law Firm (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988); Walter W. Powell, "Institutional Effects on Organizational Structure and Performance," in L. G. Zucker, ed., Institutional Patterns and Organizations (Cambridge, Mass.: Ballinger, 1988) ("Powell, 'Institutional Effects'"); Marc Galanter & Thomas Palay, Tournament of Lawyers: The Transformation of the Big Law Firm (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991).
7. Robert Nelson, Partners with Power: the Social Transformation of the Large Law Firm (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988); Walter W. Powell, "Institutional Effects on Organizational Structure and Performance," in L. G. Zucker, ed., Institutional Patterns and Organizations (Cambridge, Mass.: Ballinger, 1988) ("Powell, 'Institutional Effects'"); Marc Galanter & Thomas Palay, Tournament of Lawyers: The Transformation of the Big Law Firm (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991).
8. Robert Nelson, Partners with Power: the Social Transformation of the Large Law Firm (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988); Walter W. Powell, "Institutional Effects on Organizational Structure and Performance," in L. G. Zucker, ed., Institutional Patterns and Organizations (Cambridge, Mass.: Ballinger, 1988) ("Powell, 'Institutional Effects'"); Marc Galanter & Thomas Palay, Tournament of Lawyers: The Transformation of the Big Law Firm (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991).
9. Robert Nelson, Partners with Power: the Social Transformation of the Large Law Firm (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988); Walter W. Powell, "Institutional Effects on Organizational Structure and Performance," in L. G. Zucker, ed., Institutional Patterns and Organizations (Cambridge, Mass.: Ballinger, 1988) ("Powell, 'Institutional Effects'"); Marc Galanter & Thomas Palay, Tournament of Lawyers: The Transformation of the Big Law Firm (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991).
10. Bruce Carruthers, "Accounting, Ambiguity, and the New Institutionalism," 20 Accounting, Organizations, & Soc'y 313 (1995); Mark A. Covaleski & M. W. Dirsmith, "An Institutional Perspective on the Rise, Social Transformation, and Fall of a University Budget Category," 33 Admin. Sci. Q. 562-587 (1988); Anthony G. Hopwood &. Peter Miller, eds., Accounting as Social and Institutional Practice (New York: Cambridge University Press 1994); Royston Greenwood & Bob Hinings, "An Institutional Theory of Change: Contextual and Interpretive Dynamics in the Accounting Industry," in W. W. Powell & D. Jones, eds., Bending the Iron Cage: Institutional Dynamics and Processes (forthcoming); Stephen Mezias, "An Institutional Model of Organizational Practice: Financial Reporting at the Fortune 200," 35 Admin. Sci. Q. 431 (1990).
11. Bruce Carruthers, "Accounting, Ambiguity, and the New Institutionalism," 20 Accounting, Organizations, & Soc'y 313 (1995); Mark A. Covaleski & M. W. Dirsmith, "An Institutional Perspective on the Rise, Social Transformation, and Fall of a University Budget Category," 33 Admin. Sci. Q. 562-587 (1988); Anthony G. Hopwood &. Peter Miller, eds., Accounting as Social and Institutional Practice (New York: Cambridge University Press 1994); Royston Greenwood & Bob Hinings, "An Institutional Theory of Change: Contextual and Interpretive Dynamics in the Accounting Industry," in W. W. Powell & D. Jones, eds., Bending the Iron Cage: Institutional Dynamics and Processes (forthcoming); Stephen Mezias, "An Institutional Model of Organizational Practice: Financial Reporting at the Fortune 200," 35 Admin. Sci. Q. 431 (1990).
12. Bruce Carruthers, "Accounting, Ambiguity, and the New Institutionalism," 20 Accounting, Organizations, & Soc'y 313 (1995); Mark A. Covaleski & M. W. Dirsmith, "An Institutional Perspective on the Rise, Social Transformation, and Fall of a University Budget Category," 33 Admin. Sci. Q. 562-587 (1988); Anthony G. Hopwood &. Peter Miller, eds., Accounting as Social and Institutional Practice (New York: Cambridge University Press 1994); Royston Greenwood & Bob Hinings, "An Institutional Theory of Change: Contextual and Interpretive Dynamics in the Accounting Industry," in W. W. Powell & D. Jones, eds., Bending the Iron Cage: Institutional Dynamics and Processes (forthcoming); Stephen Mezias, "An Institutional Model of Organizational Practice: Financial Reporting at the Fortune 200," 35 Admin. Sci. Q. 431 (1990).
13. Bruce Carruthers, "Accounting, Ambiguity, and the New Institutionalism," 20 Accounting, Organizations, & Soc'y 313 (1995); Mark A. Covaleski & M. W. Dirsmith, "An Institutional Perspective on the Rise, Social Transformation, and Fall of a University Budget Category," 33 Admin. Sci. Q. 562-587 (1988); Anthony G. Hopwood &. Peter Miller, eds., Accounting as Social and Institutional Practice (New York: Cambridge University Press 1994); Royston Greenwood & Bob Hinings, "An Institutional Theory of Change: Contextual and Interpretive Dynamics in the Accounting Industry," in W. W. Powell & D. Jones, eds., Bending the Iron Cage: Institutional Dynamics and Processes (forthcoming); Stephen Mezias, "An Institutional Model of Organizational Practice: Financial Reporting at the Fortune 200," 35 Admin. Sci. Q. 431 (1990).
14. Bruce Carruthers, "Accounting, Ambiguity, and the New Institutionalism," 20 Accounting, Organizations, & Soc'y 313 (1995); Mark A. Covaleski & M. W. Dirsmith, "An Institutional Perspective on the Rise, Social Transformation, and Fall of a University Budget Category," 33 Admin. Sci. Q. 562-587 (1988); Anthony G. Hopwood &. Peter Miller, eds., Accounting as Social and Institutional Practice (New York: Cambridge University Press 1994); Royston Greenwood & Bob Hinings, "An Institutional Theory of Change: Contextual and Interpretive Dynamics in the Accounting Industry," in W. W. Powell & D. Jones, eds., Bending the Iron Cage: Institutional Dynamics and Processes (forthcoming); Stephen Mezias, "An Institutional Model of Organizational Practice: Financial Reporting at the Fortune 200," 35 Admin. Sci. Q. 431 (1990).
15. John W. Meyer, W. R. Scott, & D. Strang, "Centralization, Fragmentation, and School District Complexity," 32 Admin. Sci. Q. 186 (1987);
16. Powell, "Institutional Effects";
17. Thomas D'Aunno, R. I. Sutton, & R. H. Price, "Isomorphism and External Support in Conflicting Institutional Environments: A Study of Drug Abuse Treatment Units," 14 Acad. Mgmt. J. 636 (1991);
18. W. Richard Scott & J. W. Meyer, "The Organization of Societal Sectors: Propositions and Early Evidence," in Powell & DiMaggio, New Institutionalism.
19. John L. Comaroff & Simon Roberts, Rules and Processes: The Cultural Logic of Dispute in an African Context (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981).
20. Tom R. Tyler, Why People Obey the Law (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1990).
21. Peter Berger & Thomas Luckman, The Social Construction of Reality 93 (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1967).
22. Lauren B. Edelman, "Legal Environments and Organizational Governance: The Expansion of Due Process in the American Workplace," 95 Am. J. Soc. 1401 (1990); id., "Legal Ambiguity and Symbolic Structures: Organizational Mediation of Civil Rights Law," 97 Am. J. Soc. 1531 (1992); also see Lauren B. Edelman, Steven E. Abraham, & Howard S. Erlanger. 1992. "Professional Construction of Law: The Inflated Threat of Wrongful Discharge," 26 Law & Soc'y Rev. 47 (1992); Lauren B. Edelman, Howard S. Erlanger, & John Lande, "Internal Dispute Resolution: The Transformation of Civil Rights in the Workplace," 27 Law & Soc'y Rev. 497 (1993).
23. Lauren B. Edelman, "Legal Environments and Organizational Governance: The Expansion of Due Process in the American Workplace," 95 Am. J. Soc. 1401 (1990); id., "Legal Ambiguity and Symbolic Structures: Organizational Mediation of Civil Rights Law," 97 Am. J. Soc. 1531 (1992); also see Lauren B. Edelman, Steven E. Abraham, & Howard S. Erlanger. 1992. "Professional Construction of Law: The Inflated Threat of Wrongful Discharge," 26 Law & Soc'y Rev. 47 (1992); Lauren B. Edelman, Howard S. Erlanger, & John Lande, "Internal Dispute Resolution: The Transformation of Civil Rights in the Workplace," 27 Law & Soc'y Rev. 497 (1993).
24. Lauren B. Edelman, "Legal Environments and Organizational Governance: The Expansion of Due Process in the American Workplace," 95 Am. J. Soc. 1401 (1990); id., "Legal Ambiguity and Symbolic Structures: Organizational Mediation of Civil Rights Law," 97 Am. J. Soc. 1531 (1992); also see Lauren B. Edelman, Steven E. Abraham, & Howard S. Erlanger. 1992. "Professional Construction of Law: The Inflated Threat of Wrongful Discharge," 26 Law & Soc'y Rev. 47 (1992); Lauren B. Edelman, Howard S. Erlanger, & John Lande, "Internal Dispute Resolution: The Transformation of Civil Rights in the Workplace," 27 Law & Soc'y Rev. 497 (1993).
25. Lauren B. Edelman, "Legal Environments and Organizational Governance: The Expansion of Due Process in the American Workplace," 95 Am. J. Soc. 1401 (1990); id., "Legal Ambiguity and Symbolic Structures: Organizational Mediation of Civil Rights Law," 97 Am. J. Soc. 1531 (1992); also see Lauren B. Edelman, Steven E. Abraham, & Howard S. Erlanger. 1992. "Professional Construction of Law: The Inflated Threat of Wrongful Discharge," 26 Law & Soc'y Rev. 47 (1992); Lauren B. Edelman, Howard S. Erlanger, & John Lande, "Internal Dispute Resolution: The Transformation of Civil Rights in the Workplace," 27 Law & Soc'y Rev. 497 (1993).
26. Gerald Rosenberg, The Hollow Hope: Can Courts Bring About Social Change? (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991).
27. Stewart Macaulay, "Non-contractual Relations in Business," 28 Am. Soc. Rev. 55 (1963); id., Law and the Balance of Power: The Automobile Manufacturers and Their Dealers (New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1966).
28. Stewart Macaulay, "Non-contractual Relations in Business," 28 Am. Soc. Rev. 55 (1963); id., Law and the Balance of Power: The Automobile Manufacturers and Their Dealers (New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1966).
29. Robert Ellickson, Order without Law (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1991).
30. Walter W. Powell, "Expanding the Scope of Institutional Arguments," in Powell & Dimaggio, New Institutionalism 194-200 (cited in note 2).
31. Mark C. Suchman, "On the Role of Law Firms in the Structuration of Silicon Valley" (Institute for Legal Studies Working Paper DPRP 11-7, University of Wisconsin Law School, 1994).
32. Walter W. Powell, "Inter-organizational Collaboration in the Biotechnology Industry," 152 J. Inst. & Theoretical Econ. 197 (1996); Walter W. Powell, K. Koput, & Laurel Smith-Doerr, "Interorganizational Collaboration and the Locus of Innovation: Networks of Learning in Biotechnology," 41 Admin. Sci. Q. 116 (1996).
33. Walter W. Powell, "Inter-organizational Collaboration in the Biotechnology Industry," 152 J. Inst. & Theoretical Econ. 197 (1996); Walter W. Powell, K. Koput, & Laurel Smith-Doerr, "Interorganizational Collaboration and the Locus of Innovation: Networks of Learning in Biotechnology," 41 Admin. Sci. Q. 116 (1996).