Organizational actors, character, and Selznick's theory of organizations

Research in the Sociology of Organizations

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 149-174

  King, Brayden G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Institutional theory; Organizational actor; Organizational character

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928717228     PISSN: 0733558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0733-558X20150000044007     Document Type: Article

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