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Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Vol. 14, No. 3: 283-307 (2004)
© 2004 Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Inc.; all rights reserved

Institutional Isomorphism and Public Sector Organizations

Peter Frumkin

Harvard University

Joseph Galaskiewicz

University of Arizona

Although public sector organizations have long been seen as driving the institutionalization of business firms and nonprofit organizations, government agencies themselves have only occasionally been studied as subjects of institutional pressures. This research examines whether public sector organizations, when compared with organizations in the business and nonprofit sectors, are more or less as susceptible to mimetic, normative, and coercive pressures. Using data from the National Organizations Study, we discover that governmental organizations are in fact more vulnerable to all three types of institutional forces than other organizations, whereas the effect of institutional variables on for-profits and nonprofits is more sporadic. The susceptibility of public sector organizations to institutional pressures raises important questions for the field of public administration and has consequences for nonprofits and business firms, which are funded and regulated by government.


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