John Meyer's 2016 OMT Distinguished Scholar Presentation

1. Institutionalized Organization: Status and Prospects
John W. Meyer
Department of Sociology
Stanford University
Aug. 7, 2016. Academy of Management, Organization and Management Theory Division

3. “Actors” in Journals
(Hwang 2008)

4. World Higher Education Students Per 10,000 Capita,
1900-2000
(Schofer/Meyer 2005)

5. Disciplinary Enrollment
as a Proportion of Tertiary Enrollment, 1965-95
(Drori/Moon 2007)

6. Professionals etc.
Service, etc.
Clerical, etc.
Managers, officials
Sales
Craftsmen, etc.
Operatives, etc.
Laborers
Household service
Farmers
Farm laborers
Percents: From Wyatt and Hecker 2006
0 5 10 15 20

7.
VARIABLES Professional
associationsa
Civil society
organizationsa
Trans-
parencyb
Government
corruptionc
Bureaucratic
efficiencyc
Population (log) 0.85*** 1.71*** 1.49*** -0.47*** -2.22**
(0.035) (0.034) (0.091) (0.130) (0.693)
GDP p/cap (log) 0.32*** 0.27*** 0.08 -0.14* 1.33***
(0.022) (0.021) (0.058) (0.059) (0.223)
Democracy 0.01*** 0.01*** 0.02*** 0.01*** -0.00
(0.002) (0.001) (0.004) (0.004) (0.014)
Secondary Enrollment 0.76*** 0.43*** 0.18 -0.10 0.22
(0.070) (0.068) (0.176) (0.160) (0.677)
Tertiary Enrollment 1.33*** 1.02*** 1.28*** -2.04*** 2.62***
(0.075) (0.072) (0.211) (0.157) (0.449)
Constant -6.34*** -9.78*** -5.23*** 8.56*** -0.22
(0.212) (0.206) (0.575) (0.725) (3.966)
Observations 5,965 5,965 400 2,809 698
R-squared 0.656 0.747 0.832 0.163 0.160
Countries 147 147 115 121 119
Table 1: The effect of secondary and tertiary enrollments on the
expansion of professions, organization, and rationalization of the state.
Panel regressions with fixed effects. From Schofer et al. 2016
Standard errors in parentheses
*** p<0.001, ** p<0.01, * p<0.05, + p<.10
a
Source: Associations Unlimited (Gale 2014).
b
Source: Drori et al. 2006
c
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank 2014).

8. VARIABLES Int’l Treaty
ratificationa
INGO
membershipb
Env’l INGO
membershipb
Women’s
INGO
membershipb
Int’l
Tourismc
Tradec
FDI Inflowsc
Population (log) 11.21*** 1.78*** 0.91*** 0.82*** 0.10* 3.25* 1.82**
(0.228) (0.054) (0.031) (0.036) (0.039) (1.406) (0.690)
GDP per capita (log) 0.52*** 0.10** 0.10*** 0.12*** 0.10*** 12.05*** 1.41***
(0.141) (0.032) (0.019) (0.021) (0.012) (0.859) (0.395)
Democracy 0.23*** 0.01* 0.02*** 0.00** 0.00 0.30*** 0.03
(0.010) (0.002) (0.001) (0.001) (0.001) (0.060) (0.028)
Secondary Enrol. 4.99*** 0.65*** 0.51*** -0.12+ -0.14*** -4.09 -1.70
(0.457) (0.106) (0.059) (0.067) (0.027) (2.648) (1.259)
Tertiary Enrollment 21.35*** 1.19*** 2.39*** 1.39*** 0.14*** 26.38*** 3.82**
(0.502) (0.111) (0.061) (0.068) (0.024) (2.813) (1.208)
Constant -75.30*** -7.70*** -6.62*** -5.74*** -1.55*** -
82.89***
-24.79***
(1.394) (0.334) (0.187) (0.219) (0.253) (8.450) (4.274)
Observations 5,803 5,176 5,529 5,159 1,220 5,422 4,373
R-squared 0.816 0.530 0.721 0.451 0.222 0.246 0.030
Countries 145 144 146 144 102 144 145
Table 2: The effect of secondary and tertiary enrollments on the global integration:
world polity, world society, and the global economy. From Schofer et al. 2016.
Standard errors in parentheses
*** p<0.001, ** p<0.01, * p<0.05, + p<.10
a
Source: Ecolex 2014; Normlex 2014; United Nations OHCR (2014).
b
Source: Yearbook of International Association (UIA, various years)
c
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank 2014).

9. Independent
variables (5-yr lag) GDP per capitab
Servicec
Industryc
Manu-facturingc,d
Agri-culturec
Investment 0.30*** -1.38 13.53*** 1.94 -10.39***
(0.088) (2.322) (2.496) (1.611) (2.133)
Secondary Enrollment 0.26*** 4.59** -0.62 0.13 -2.07
(0.071) (1.469) (1.550) (0.939) (1.364)
Tertiary Enrollment 0.25** 7.04** -3.33 -3.26* -2.22
(0.084) (2.174) (2.238) (1.409) (1.837)
GDP per capita, log 0.81***
(0.020)
Service 0.56***
(0.028)
Industry 0.59***
(0.028)
Manufacturing 0.56***
(0.029)
Agriculture 0.68***
(0.023)
Constant 1.90*** 20.25*** 10.28*** 6.33*** 8.24***
(0.173) (1.345) (1.014) (0.597) (1.083)
Observations 1,317 981 984 837 988
R-squared 0.844 0.487 0.430 0.384 0.648
Number of newid3 161 154 155 153 154
Table 3: Effects of secondary and tertiary enrollments on GDP and relative size of economic sectors (as
% of GDP), 1960-2010. 5-year pooled panel regression models with lagged dependent variable and
fixed effects.A
From Schofer et al., 2016
Standard errors in parentheses
*** p<0.001, ** p<0.01, * p<0.05, + p<0.10
a
All independent variables lagged five years, including lagged dependent variable.
b
Source: Penn World Table (World Bank 2014).
c
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank 2014).
D
Note: The category “manufacturing” is a subset of the overall industry sector; mining, gas, electricity, water, and construction are excluded.

10. 0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
1850 1870 1890 1910 1930 1950 1970 1990
Cumulative
Number of
INGOs
Cumulative Number of International Nongovernmental Associations, 1850-1985
(Source: UIA) Note: Data prior to 1945 estimated based on founding dates from 1989 UIA Yearbook

11. 2000, 63,000
1999, 59,902
1997, 53,100
1992, 30,400
1988, 18,500
1969, 7,258
1914, 3,000
1850, 2,5001800, 1,5001750, 1,2501700, 1,0001600, 500
0
10000
20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
70000
1600 1700 1800 1900 2000Year
No.Multinationals
Cumulative Numbers of Multinationals.
Source: (Gabel and Bruner 2003)

12. 0
5
10
15
20
25
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
Year
No.Initiatives
Global Initiatives Regional, Industry, and Company Initiatives
Growth in Global, Regional, Industry, and Company CSR Initiatives
Source: Lim & Tsutsui (2010).

13. CXOs, from Svejenova and Alvarez, 2016
Executive, Operating, Finance, Diversity, Risk,
Strategy, Development, Marketing,
Administration, Human Resources, Ethics,
Knowledge, Innovation, Sustainability,
Communication, Information, Compliance,
Reputation, Public Relations, Public Affairs,
Technology, Digital, Data, Talent, Leadership,
Learning, People, Customer, Experience.

14. Stanford University, 2016:
The following University deans and administrators report to the Provost:
•Dean, School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
•Dean, School of Education
•Dean, School of Engineering
•Dean, Graduate School of Business
•Dean, School of Humanities and Sciences
•Dean, School of Law
•Dean, School of Medicine
•Director, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
reports jointly to President and Provost
•Vice Provost and Dean of Research
•Vice Provost for Budget and Auxiliaries Management
•Vice Provost for Graduate Education
•Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
•Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity
•Vice Provost for Teaching & Learning
•University Librarian and Director of Academic Information Resources
•Director of Hoover Institution
reports jointly to President and Provost
• Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
• Senior Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs
• Academic Secretary
• Dean for Religious Life
• Special Assistant to the Provost
• Special Assistant to the Provost for Faculty
Diversity
• Director, Haas Center for Public Service
reports jointly to the Provost and VP for Student
Affairs
• Vice Provost for Student Affairs
• Director of Faculty/Staff Housing
• Director of Athletics
• Dean of Admission and Financial Aid
• Dean, Continuing Studies and Summer Session
• Vice President for Land, Buildings, and Real
Estate
reports jointly to President and Provost
• Senior Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate
Residential Affairs
•