Works
- Institutionalized organizations: formal structure as myth and ceremony, American Journal of Sociology 83(2), 340 to 363, 1977
In Organizational Structures
Known for
Institutional theory
Ideas
Formal structure as myth and ceremony. With Rowan, Meyer argued that organizations adopt formal structures that are legitimate in their environment and decouple them from work. Caveat: Theory; later diffusion studies test it.