Institutional Theory: Employing the Other Side of Rationality in Non‐profit Organizations1
探讨制度理论对管理一类投入产出关系不明确的公共支持型非营利组织的潜在意义，回顾制度理论并讨论其对这类组织管理与评估的启示。
SUMMARY The non‐profit sector has become increasingly important in diverse economic, political and social environments. It is not clear that we have effectively communicated, to colleagues, students and decision makers, theoretical developments useful for understanding and managing non‐profit organizations. This paper discusses the potential implications of institutional theory to the management of one type of non‐profit organization, the publicly supported non‐profit organization with input‐output relationships that are not well understood. We review institutional theory and discuss the implications of institutional theory to the management and evaluation of publicly supported non‐profit organizations.