Standout Papers

Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony 1977 2026 1993 2009 15.8k
  1. Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony (1977)
    John W. Meyer, Brian Rowan American Journal of Sociology
  2. World Society and the Nation‐State (1997)
    John W. Meyer, John Boli et al. American Journal of Sociology
  3. Institutional conditions for diffusion (1993)
    David Strang, John W. Meyer Theory and Society
  4. Organizational Environments: Ritual and Rationality. (1985)
    David L. Clark, John W. Meyer et al. Administrative Science Quarterly
  5. The Worldwide Expansion of Higher Education in the Twentieth Century (2005)
    Evan Schofer, John W. Meyer American Sociological Review
  6. Organizational Environments: Ritual and Rationality (1984)
    Henry M. Levin, John W. Meyer et al. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
  7. The Effects of Education as an Institution (1977)
    John W. Meyer American Journal of Sociology
  8. Institutional Environments and Organizations: Structural Complexity and Individualism (1994)
    W. Richard Scott, John W. Meyer et al. Medical Entomology and Zoology
  9. The “Actors” of Modern Society: The Cultural Construction of Social Agency (2000)
    John W. Meyer, Ronald L. Jepperson Sociological Theory
  10. World Expansion of Mass Education, 1870-1980 (1992)
    John W. Meyer, Francisco O. Ramírez et al. Sociology of Education
  11. World Society, Institutional Theories, and the Actor (2010)
    John W. Meyer Annual Review of Sociology
  12. Equal Opportunity Law and the Construction of Internal Labor Markets (1993)
    Frank Dobbin, John R. Sutton et al. Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University)

Immediate Impact

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Works of John W. Meyer being referenced

Organizational Environments: Ritual and Rationality.
1985 Standout
Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony
1977 Standout
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Author Peers

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
John W. Meyer 7772 10872 4592 8509 126 31.5k
Paul DiMaggio 6768 16905 3212 16611 95 50.2k
W. Richard Scott 2792 6064 1705 9453 103 25.8k
Karl E. Weick 3005 11941 4518 16414 165 52.9k
Walter W. Powell 5555 11374 2190 20520 79 46.0k
Brian Rowan 2604 4752 6239 6231 55 22.2k
Anthony Giddens 7814 22763 4906 3450 190 48.1k
Ronald S. Burt 2355 18141 1650 12319 140 44.2k
Jeffrey Pfeffer 2525 10229 2454 17592 242 50.7k
Dennis A. Gioia 1511 8241 2136 12699 94 35.9k
Peter M. Blau 2084 13402 2515 3430 118 27.8k

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