Frank Dobbin

"The fact that each nation came to believe in the virtue of whatever policy happened to be in effect when recovery began supports argument that haphazard economic vacillations play an important role in…"

"If you peruse the table of contents of a textbook on organizational theory or search the web for courses in organizational sociology, you cannot help but notice how many of the key contributors to the…"

"Shared cultural meaning, as it is institutionalised in public policies and state structures, influences the pragmatic solutions groups envision to such instrumental problems as economic growth."

"Frank Dobbin, Harvard University"

"Modern institutions are transparently purposive and that we are in the midst of an evolutionary progression toward more efficient forms."