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1、InstitutionalizedOrganizations:FormalStructureasMythandCeremonyAuthor(s):JohnW.MeyerandBrianRowanSource:AmericanJournalofSociology,Vol.83,No.2(Sep.,1977),pp.340-363Publishedby:TheUniversityofChicagoPressStableURL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2778293.Accessed:18/12/201304:41Youruse
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4、Thiscontentdownloadedfrom113.108.133.58onWed,18Dec201304:41:24AMAllusesubjecttoJSTORTermsandConditionsInstitutionalizedOrganizations:FormalStructureasMythandCeremonylJohnW.MeyerandBrianRowanStanfordUniversityManyformalorganizationalstructuresariseasreflectionsofratio-nalizedinsti
5、tutionalrules.Theelaborationofsuchrulesinmodernstatesandsocietiesaccountsinpartfortheexpansionandincreasedcomplexityofformalorganizationalstructures.Institutionalrulesfunctionasmythswhichorganizationsincorporate,gaininglegitimacy,resources,stability,andenhancedsurvivalprospects.O
6、rganizationswhosestructuresbecomeisomorphicwiththemythsoftheinstitu-tionalenvironment-incontrastwiththoseprimarilystructuredbythedemandsoftechnicalproductionandexchange-decreaseinternalcoordinationandcontrolinordertomaintainlegitimacy.Structuresaredecoupledfromeachotherandfromong
7、oingactivities.Inplaceofcoordination,inspection,andevaluation,alogicofconfidenceandgoodfaithisemployed.Formalorganizationsaregenerallyunderstoodtobesystemsofcoordinatedandcontrolledactivitiesthatarisewhenworkisembeddedincomplexnetworksoftechnicalrelationsandboundary-spanningexcha
8、nges.Butinmodernsocietiesformalorganizat
