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Social Skill and Institutional Theory

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Title
Social Skill and Institutional Theory
Abstract/Description
The problem of the role of actors in institutional theory can be addressed in considering a model of institutional entrepreneurship. A sociological posing of this question defines institutional entrepreneurs as actors who have social skills, that is, the ability to motivate cooperation of other actors by providing them with common meanings and identities. The author argues that skill is applied differently across organizational fields that are forming, become stable, and are being transformed. To illustrate some of these principles, the author considers the example of the role of Jacques Delors in the framing of the Single Market Program of the European Union.
Author/creator
Fligstein, Neil
Date
1997
In publication
American Behavioral Scientist
Volume
40
Issue
4
Pages
397-405
Resource type
en Background/Context
Medium
en Print
Background/context type
en Conceptual
Open access/free-text available
en Yes
Peer reviewed
en Yes
Language
en
ISSN
0002-7642
DOI
10.1177/0002764297040004003
URL
Official Publisher's Webpage (SAGE)
Full-text PDF Shared by Author (ResearchGate)
Full-text PDF Shared by Author (Academia.edu)
Citation
Fligstein, N. (1997). Social Skill and Institutional Theory. American Behavioral Scientist, 40(4), 397–405. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764297040004003
Cited in
Conclusion: Building the Field of Improvement Research in Education
Abbreviation
American Behavioral Scientist
Item sets
Handbook Conclusion Citations

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