Organizational Theory: Field Research and Issues

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Casciaro, T., & Piskorski, M. J. (2005). Power imbalance, mutual dependence, and constraint absorption: A closer look at resource dependence theory. Administrative Science Quarterly, 50(2), 167–199.

Cohen, M. D., March, J. G., & Olsen, J. P. (1972). A garbage can model of organizational choice. Administrative Science Quarterly, 17(1), 1–25.

Coleman, J. S. (1990). Foundations of social theory. Harvard University Press.

Cyert, R. M., & March, J. G. (1963). A behavioral theory of the firm. Prentice Hall.

Davis, G. F., & Cobb, J. A. (2010). Resource dependence theory: Past and future. Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 28, 21–42.

DiMaggio, P. J., & Powell, W. W. (1983). The iron cage revisited: Institutional isomorphism and collective rationality in organizational fields. American Sociological Review, 48(2), 147–160.

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Harmon, D. J. (2019). When the Fed speaks: Arguments, emotions, and the microfoundations of institutions. Administrative Science Quarterly, 64(3), 542–575.

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Levitt, B., & March, J. G. (1988). Organizational learning. Annual Review of Sociology, 14(1), 319–340.

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