The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields

Paul J. DiMaggio, Walter W. Powell

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DOI: 10.2307/2095101
Published: 1983-04
Container: American Sociological Review
Publisher: SAGE Publications
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@article{allodium:10.2307/2095101,
  title = {The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields},
  author = {Paul J. DiMaggio and Walter W. Powell},
  year = {1983},
  journal = {American Sociological Review},
  doi = {10.2307/2095101},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.2307/2095101}
}

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TI  - The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields
AU  - Paul J. DiMaggio
AU  - Walter W. Powell
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DiMaggio, P. J., & Powell, W. W. (1983). The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields. American Sociological Review. https://doi.org/10.2307/2095101

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