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Title
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Institutionalization and Structuration: Studying the Links between Action and Institution
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Abstract/Description
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Institutional theory and structuration theory both contend that institutions and actions are inextricably linked and that institutionalization is best understood as a dynamic, ongoing process. Institutionalists, however, have pursued an empirical agenda that has largely ignored how institutions are created, altered, and reproduced, in part, because their models of institutionalization as a pro cess are underdeveloped. Structuration theory, on the other hand, largely remains a process theory of such abstraction that it has generated few empirical studies. This paper discusses the similarities between the two theories, develops an argument for why a fusion of the two would enable institutional theory to significantly advance, develops a model of institutionalization as a structuration process, and proposes methodological guidelines for investigating the process empirically.
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Date
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1997
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In publication
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Organization Studies
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Volume
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18
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Issue
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1
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Pages
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93-117
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Medium
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en
Print
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Background/context type
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en
Conceptual
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Open access/free-text available
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Yes
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Peer reviewed
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Yes
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Language
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en
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ISSN
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0170-8406
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Citation
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Barley, S. R., & Tolbert, P. S. (1997). Institutionalization and Structuration: Studying the Links between Action and Institution. Organization Studies, 18(1), 93–117. https://doi.org/10.1177/017084069701800106
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