Concepedia

Legal Ambiguity and Symbolic Structures: Organizational Mediation of Civil Rights Law

Lauren B. Edelman

American Journal of Sociology · 1992 · 1.6K citations · 17 references

Concepts

LawEmployment LawLabor LawCivil RightsInstitutional TheoryOrganizationsCompliance GovernanceCompliance ManagementCompliance TheoryEmployment ComplianceLegal ComplianceLegal SystemsAmbiguity In Legal LanguageCompliance CultureEnvironmental DemandsSymbolic Ambiguity

Abstract

Reprinted in Paul Burstein (ed.), Equal Employment Opportunity: Labor Market Discrimination and Public Policy, New York: Aldine de Gruyter.

References

17

Why the “Haves” Come Out Ahead: Speculations on the Limits of Legal Change

Marc Galanter · Law & Society Review · 1974 · 2.8K citations

Law, Jurisprudence, Public Law +8

Organizational Environments: Ritual and Rationality.

David L. Clark, John W. Meyer, W. Richard Scott · Administrative Science Quarterly · 1985 · 1.7K citations

Management, Education Policy, Organization Studies +17

Legal Environments and Organizational Governance: The Expansion of Due Process in the American Workplace

Lauren B. Edelman · American Journal of Sociology · 1990 · 834 citations

Management, Organization Studies, Organizational Behavior +17

War and Peace: The Evolution of Modern Personnel Administration in U.S. Industry

James N. Baron, Frank Dobbin, P. Devereaux Jennings · American Journal of Sociology · 1986 · 533 citations · Full text

Management, Human Resource Management, Organization Studies +14

Where the Law Ends: The Social Control of Corporate Behavior

James R. Silkenat, Christopher Stone · Harvard Law Review · 1976 · 282 citations

Management, Corporate Governance, Sociology +12