The new institutionalism in organization theory and sociology comprises a rejection of rational-actor models, and interest in institutions as indepen… - Paul DiMaggio

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The new institutionalism in organization theory and sociology comprises a rejection of rational-actor models, and interest in institutions as independent variables, a turn toward cognitive and cultural explanations, and an interest in properties of supra-individual units of analysis that cannot be reduced to aggregations or direct consequences of individual’s attributes or motives.