John W. Meyer
Impact in
- Public Administration top 0.01%
- Public Policy and Administration Research
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- Management and Organizational Studies
Papers in
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- Global Educational Policies and Reforms 31
- Higher Education Governance and Development 23
- Social Policy and Reform Studies 11
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- Social and Cultural Dynamics 13
- Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy 10
- Co-authors
- Brian Rowan (4 shared papers)Francisco O. Ramírez (24 shared papers)John Boli (5 shared papers)W. Richard Scott (10 shared papers)George Thomas (4 shared papers)Evan Schofer (13 shared papers)David Strang (2 shared papers)Ronald L. Jepperson (8 shared papers)
- Journals
- Sociology of Education (11 papers)American Journal of Sociology (10 papers)American Sociological Review (10 papers)Comparative Education Review (7 papers)Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews (6 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesIsraelCanada
In The Last Decade
John W. Meyer
193 papers receiving 35.0k citations
John W. Meyer's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 174
- Public Administration 4.3k
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 10.4k
- Strategy and Management 10.8k
- Development 1.7k
- Political Science and International Relations 11.4k
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
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| 1 | Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony Hit paper breakdown → | 1977 | 19803 |
| 2 | World Society and the Nation‐State Hit paper breakdown → | 1997 | 3217 |
| 3 | Institutional conditions for diffusion Hit paper breakdown → | 1993 | 1501 |
| 4 | Organizational Environments: Ritual and Rationality. Hit paper breakdown → | 1985 | 1334 |
| 5 | The Worldwide Expansion of Higher Education in the Twentieth Century Hit paper breakdown → | 2005 | 1222 |
| 6 | Organizational Environments: Ritual and Rationality Hit paper breakdown → | 1984 | 949 |
| 7 | The Effects of Education as an Institution Hit paper breakdown → | 1977 | 882 |
| 8 | Institutional Environments and Organizations: Structural Complexity and Individualism Hit paper breakdown → | 1994 | 839 |
| 9 | The “Actors” of Modern Society: The Cultural Construction of Social Agency Hit paper breakdown → | 2000 | 832 |
| 10 | World Expansion of Mass Education, 1870-1980 Hit paper breakdown → | 1992 | 711 |
| 11 | World Society, Institutional Theories, and the Actor Hit paper breakdown → | 2010 | 630 |
| 12 | Equal Opportunity Law and the Construction of Internal Labor Markets Hit paper breakdown → | 1993 | 499 |
| 13 | 1997 | 418 | |
| 14 | 1989 | 377 | |
| 15 | 1990 | 359 | |
| 16 | Globalization and Organization: World Society and Organizational Change | 2006 | 353 |
| 17 | 1985 | 332 | |
| 18 | 2000 | 307 | |
| 19 | 1977 | 269 | |
| 20 | Institutional and technical sources of organizational structure explaining the structure of educational organizations | 1980 | 268 |
About John W. Meyer
John W. Meyer is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, Education, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Demography, having authored 203 papers that have together received 42.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Global Educational Policies and Reforms (31 papers), Global Education and Multiculturalism (24 papers), Higher Education Governance and Development (23 papers), Management and Organizational Studies (23 papers), Social and Cultural Dynamics (13 papers), Social Policy and Reform Studies (11 papers), Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (10 papers) and Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Public Administration (4.3k citations), Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (10.4k citations), Strategy and Management (10.8k citations), Development (1.7k citations) and Political Science and International Relations (11.4k citations). John W. Meyer has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Israel and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Brian Rowan, Francisco O. Ramírez, John Boli, W. Richard Scott, George Thomas, Evan Schofer, David Strang, Ronald L. Jepperson, David L. Clark and Patricia Bromley. Their work appears in journals such as Sociology of Education, American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Comparative Education Review and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.
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