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

Language

en

ISSN

1056-4926

DOI

10.1177/1056492610387222

URL

Official Publisher's Webpage (SAGE)

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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

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Conclusion: Building the Field of Improvement Research in Education

Resource status/form

en Published Text

Scholarship genre

en Theoretical

Abbreviation

Journal of Management Inquiry

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Handbook Conclusion Citations

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