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The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Institutionalism brings together extensive coverage of aspects of Institutional Theory and an array of top academic contributors. Now in its Second Edition, the book has been thoroughly revised and reorganized, with all chapters updated to maintain a mix of theory, how to conduct institutional organizational analysis, and contemporary empirical work. New chapters on Translation, Networks and Institutional Pluralism are included to reflect new directions in the field. The Second Edition has also been reorganized into six parts: Part One: Beginnings (Foundations) Part Two: Organizations and their Contexts Part Three: Institutional Processes Part Four: Conversations Part Five: Consequences Part Six: Reflections
The Evolving Role of Meaning in Theorizing Institutions
The Evolving Role of Meaning in Theorizing Institutions
The interest in the role of meanings in institutional theory has fluctuated throughout the years. Meanings were at the heart of early neo-institutional thinking, as scholars were arguing that organizations tend to imitate what they conceive to be the idea of a good organization (e.g., DiMaggio & Powell, 1983; Meyer & Rowan, 1977; Zucker, 1977). Contrary to other open-system theories, which underscored the technical, resource-based influences of the environment on organizations, neo-institutionalism's unique contribution has been the articulation of how shared meanings, rules and ideas constitute institutions and their power over organizations (Scott, 2001). Yet, in subsequent studies, which aimed at fleshing out the main arguments of ...
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