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55
Citations
55237
World Ranking
710
National Ranking
310

Overview

W. Richard Scott is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their recent research spans multiple disciplines including management, economics, and public administration, reflecting a diverse academic portfolio.

The scientist's notable papers include the following:

  • Contents, 2020, Stanford University Press eBooks
  • Sense Making Questionnaire, 2023, PsycTESTS Dataset
  • Health Professions and Organization, 2025, The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society

Throughout their career, W. Richard Scott has collaborated frequently with several scholars. Notable coauthors include AnneVE Newman, Sarah N. Deschenes, Kathryn C. Hopkins, and Lance M. McCracken.

  • AnneVE Newman
  • Sarah N. Deschenes
  • Kathryn C. Hopkins
  • Lance M. McCracken

Publication venues associated with Scott's work reflect a combination of university press books, dataset contributions, and comprehensive encyclopedic references.

  • Stanford University Press eBooks
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society

Their research contributes primarily to the following subfields:

  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Public Administration

W. Richard Scott's work addresses topics spanning:

  • Management and Organizational Studies
  • Economic Theory and Institutions
  • Public Policy and Administration Research

The scope of Scott's academic output indicates an interdisciplinary approach connecting organizational studies with economic and policy frameworks. Their involvement in producing both qualitative instruments like the Sense Making Questionnaire and comprehensive conceptual reviews such as the entry on Health Professions and Organization underscores a range spanning empirical tools to synthesized knowledge for encyclopedic use.

Best Publications

  • Institutions and Organizations

    W. Richard Scott

  • Organizations: Rational, Natural, and Open Systems

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  • The Adolescence of Institutional Theory.

    W. Richard Scott

  • Organizational Environments: Ritual and Rationality

    John W. Meyer;W. Richard Scott

  • Organizations: Rational, Natural and Open Systems

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  • Organizations and Organizing: Rational, Natural and Open Systems Perspectives

    W. Richard Scott;Gerald F. Davis

  • Institutions and Organizations: Ideas and Interests

    W. Richard Scott

  • Institutions and Organizations: Ideas, Interests, and Identities

    W. Richard Scott

  • INSTITUTIONAL THEORY AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE: INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL RESEARCH FORUM

    M. Tina Dacin;Jerry Goodstein;W. Richard Scott

  • Institutions and Organizations.

    M. Tina Dacin;W. Richard Scott

  • Institutional Environments and Organizations: Structural Complexity and Individualism

    W. Richard Scott;John W. Meyer;John Boli

  • A Multidimensional Model of Organizational Legitimacy: Hospital Survival in Changing Institutional Environments

    Martin Ruef;W. Richard Scott

  • Institutional Change and Healthcare Organizations : From Professional Dominance to Managed Care

    W. Richard Scott;Martin Ruef;Peter J. Mendel;Carol A. Caronna

  • Approaching adulthood: the maturing of institutional theory

    W. Richard Scott

  • Formal Organizations: A Comparative Approach

    Peter Michael Blau;W. Richard Scott

  • Lords of the Dance: Professionals as Institutional Agents

    W. Richard Scott

  • Equal Opportunity Law and the Construction of Internal Labor Markets

    Frank Dobbin;John R. Sutton;John W. Meyer;W. Richard Scott

  • Organizations: Rational, Natural, and Open Systems.

    Janice M. Beyer;W. Richard Scott

  • Organizations and Movements

    Doug McAdam;W. Richard Scott

  • The Organizational Life Cycle

    W Richard Scott

  • Institutions and Organizations.

    Peter V. Marsden;W. Richard Scott

  • The new institutionalism in sociology

    Mary C. Brinton;Victor Nee

  • Reflections on a Half-Century of Organizational Sociology

    W. Richard Scott

  • Organizational Environments: Ritual and Rationality

    Henry Levin;John W. Meyer;W. Richard Scott

  • Organizational Environments: Ritual and Rationality.

    Glenn R. Carroll;John W. Meyer;W. Richard Scott;Brian Rowan

Frequent Co-Authors

Raymond E. Levitt
Raymond E. Levitt Stanford University
John W. Meyer
John W. Meyer Stanford University
Milbrey W. McLaughlin
Milbrey W. McLaughlin Stanford University
Gerald F. Davis
Gerald F. Davis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Doug McAdam
Doug McAdam Stanford University
Frank Dobbin
Frank Dobbin Harvard University
Mayer N. Zald
Mayer N. Zald University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Craig Calhoun
Craig Calhoun Arizona State University
Peter M. Blau
Peter M. Blau Columbia University
Witold J. Henisz
Witold J. Henisz University of Pennsylvania

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