Author: | Ritti, R.R. Silver, J.H. |
Title: | Early process of institutionalization: the dramaturgy of exchange in interorganizational relations |
Journal: | Administrative Science Quarterly
1986 : MAR, VOL. 31:1, p.25-42 |
Index terms: | TECHNOLOGY INTERORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONS |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | The early life history of an innovative bureau within a state regulatory commission is explored. The bureau's manipulation of symbols in myth building and the development of a ritual 'dramaturgy of exchange' through which the bureau assured its growth and survival in its interorganizational environment is described. It is suggested that certain features, such as the development of a dramaturgy of exchange and a system of ritual classification occur early in the process of institutionalization in societal sectors that are technically underdeveloped. |
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