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Institutional Work: Actors and Agency in Institutional Studies of Organizations

Institutional Work: Actors and Agency in Institutional Studies of Organizations

Lawrence, Thomas B.
Suddaby, Roy
Leca, Bernard

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Business GeneralAnthropology

ISBN10: 0521178525
ISBN13: 9780521178525
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: Oct 27 2011
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.09
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The 'institutional' approach to organizational research has shown how enduring features of social life - such as marriage and bureaucracy - act as mechanisms of social control. Such approaches have traditionally focused attention on the relationships between organizations and the fields in which they operate, providing strong accounts of the processes through which institutions govern action. In contrast, the study of institutional work reorients these traditional concerns, shifting the focus to understanding how action affects institutions. This book sets a research agenda within the field of institutional work by analyzing the ways in which individuals, groups, and organizations work to create, maintain, and disrupt the institutions that structure their lives. Through a series of essays and case studies, it explores the conceptual core of institutional work, identifies institutional work strategies, provides exemplars for future empirical research, and embeds the concept within broader sociological debates and ideas.

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