Walter W. Powell

Walter W. Powell (born August 15, 1951 ) is an American sociologist and professor at Stanford University .

research

In his research he is particularly concerned with organizational theory and economic sociology . One of his most influential works is the concept of isomorphism, developed together with Paul J. DiMaggio . This implies that organizations emulate their behavior and processes from other organizations - not to increase efficiency, but to gain legitimacy.

Publications

with Richard Steinberg: The Nonprofit Sector: A Research Handbook . 2nd Edition. Yale University Press, New Haven 2006, ISBN 0-300-10903-2 .
with Elisabeth S. Clemens: Private Action and the Public Good . Yale University Press, New Haven, CT 1998, ISBN 0-300-06449-7 .
with Paul DiMaggio: The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis . University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1991, ISBN 978-0-226-67709-5 .
Getting into Print: The Decision-Making Process in Scholarly Publishing . University of Chicago Press, 1988, ISBN 0-226-67705-2 .

Web links

Stanford Graduate School of Business: Walter W. Powell

Individual evidence

^ PJ DiMaggio, WW Powell: The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields. American Sociological Review , 48 (2), 1983, pp. 147-160

personal data
SURNAME	Powell, Walter W.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American sociologist and professor at Stanford University
DATE OF BIRTH	August 15, 1951

[1] PJ DiMaggio, WW Powell: The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields. American Sociological Review , 48 (2), 1983, pp. 147-160