Introduction -- Early institutionalists -- Institutional theory meets organization studies -- Crafting an analytic framework I : three pillars of institutions -- Constructing an analytic framework II : content, agency, carriers, and levels -- Institutional construction -- Institutionalization --...

Philip Selznick is a towering figure in the history of organizational studies. His direct contributions to organizational scholarship are relatively few in number and were mostly produced in the early years of his remarkable academic career. But, these early organizational writings, which...