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Organizational Structure and the Institutional Environment: The Case of Public Schools.
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Rowan, Brian – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1982
A historical study of three school administrative services--school health, psychology, and curriculum--in 30 California school districts during 1930-1970 used an institutional environment approach to find that balance among institutions and agencies governing school systems, not organizational size, led to greater diffusion and retention of the…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Curriculum Development, Diffusion, Educational Administration