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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
Institutional Work: Taking Stock and Making It Matter
Institutional Work: Taking Stock and Making It Matter
INTRODUCTION
‘Institutional work’ has evolved from a concept introduced to capture a set of actions described in institutional research, to a perspective on the relationship between institutions and actors associated with a distinctive set of questions, assumptions, findings and theoretical claims. The questions at the heart of the institutional work perspective focus on understanding how, why and when actors work to shape sets of institutions, the factors that affect their ability to do so, and the experience of these efforts for those involved. Built into these questions are a set of assumptions: that social reality is socially constructed, mutable and dependent on as well as ...
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