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Authority Structures

Authority Structures is a governance construct that specifies the formal allocation and hierarchy of decision-making power within an organization, distinguished by the delineation of legitimate control rights and accountability mechanisms across institutional roles.

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2017–2026

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269

Formal and Real Authority in Organizations

Philippe Aghion, Jean Tirole · Journal of Political Economy · 1997 · 3.1K citations

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Governing economic life

Peter Miller, Nikolas Rose · Economy and Society · 1990 · 2.8K citations

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Bureaucracy and Growth: A Cross-National Analysis of the Effects of "Weberian" State Structures on Economic Growth

Peter Evans, James E. Rauch · American Sociological Review · 1999 · 1.2K citations

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Infrastructuring and the formation of publics in participatory design

Christopher A. Le Dantec, Carl DiSalvo · Social Studies of Science · 2013 · 549 citations · Full text

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Models of Management: Work, Authority, and Organization in a Comparative Perspective.

James R. Lincoln, Mauro F. Guillén · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1995 · 505 citations

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Authors

416

  1. HJ
    Harold J. Laski

    London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 119 citations

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  2. SD
    Stephen D. Krasner

    Stanford University, United States

    4 publications · 486 citations

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  3. JE
    James E. Rauch

    University of California San Diego, United States

    3 publications · 2K citations

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  4. PE
    Peter Evans

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    3 publications · 2K citations

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  5. HH
    Heinz Hartmann

    University of Münster, Germany

    2 publications · 94 citations

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Institutions

224

  1. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    306 citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    157 citations

  3. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    260 citations

  4. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    105 citations

  5. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    482 citations

  6. The Open University

    Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    140 citations

  7. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    227 citations

  8. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    58 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 8 publications · 328 citations

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  2. Administrative Science Quarterly

    ASQ · 8 publications · 942 citations

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  3. American Sociological Review

    ASR · 6 publications · 1.8K citations

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  4. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 4 publications · 584 citations

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  5. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews

    3 publications · 827 citations

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