Institutional Work: Refocusing Institutional Studies of Organization

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Title: Institutional Work: Refocusing Institutional Studies of Organization
Abstract/Description: In this paper, we discuss an alternative focus for institutional studies of organization - the study of institutional work. Research on institutional work examines the practices of individual and collective actors aimed at creating, maintaining, and disrupting institutions. Our focus in this paper is on the distinctiveness of institutional work as a field of study and the potential it provides for the examination of new questions. We argue that research on institutional work can contribute to bringing the individual back into institutional theory, help to re-examine the relationship between agency and institutions, and provide a bridge between critical and institutional views of organization.
Author/creator: Lawrence, Thomas B.; Suddaby, Roy; Leca, Bernard
Date: 2011
In publication: Journal of Management Inquiry
Volume: 20
Issue: 1
Pages: 52-58
Resource type: en Background/Context
Medium: en Print
Background/context type: en Conceptual
Keywords: agency; institutional work; institutions; organizations
Open access/free-text available: en Yes
Peer reviewed: en Yes
Language: en
ISSN: 1056-4926
DOI: 10.1177/1056492610387222
URL: Official Publisher's Webpage (SAGE); Full-text PDF Shared by Author (ResearchGate)
Citation: Lawrence, T., Suddaby, R., & Leca, B. (2011). Institutional Work: Refocusing Institutional Studies of Organization. Journal of Management Inquiry, 20(1), 52–58. https://doi.org/10.1177/1056492610387222
Cited in: Conclusion: Building the Field of Improvement Research in Education
Resource status/form: en Published Text
Scholarship genre: en Theoretical
Abbreviation: Journal of Management Inquiry

Item sets: Handbook Conclusion Citations

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