Fields, organizations, and agency: Toward a multilevel theory of institutionalization in action

Administration and Society

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 687-718

  Cooney, Kate ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Organizational fields; Structuration theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548580757     PISSN: 00953997     EISSN: 15523039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095399707304116     Document Type: Article

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