Organizations and the State: Effects of the Institutional Environment on Agricultural Cooperatives in Hungary

• Author(s): Glenn R. Carroll, Jerry Goodstein and Antal Gyenes
• Source: Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 33, No. 2 (Jun., 1988), pp. 233-256
• Published by: Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University

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  Abstract

  Drawing on institutional theory, this article considers some of the ways the Hungarian state shapes the organizational structure and behavior of agricultural cooperatives. Fragmentation in the structure of state decision making is hypothesized as leading to (1) more elaborate interorganizational networks; (2) greater competition among similar organizations; and (3) larger administrative components. Analysis of survey data from the managers of cooperatives provides evidence supporting the hypotheses about networks and competition but contradicting the hypothesis about administrative overhead.

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