There are few constructs that are as ubiquitous across traditions of management and
organizational research, and indeed the social sciences more generally, as that of frame or …

Understanding institutions requires attending both to their social fact qualities and to the
bidirectional nature of institutional processes as they influence and are influenced by actors …

This article offers three explanations for why some leaders embrace the skill of framing and
others struggle with it. The first explanation draws from philosophical arguments in social …

This paper proposes that the notions of frame and frame appropriation are useful tools for
the study of control in organizations, as well as for the analysis of the connection between …

abstract The scope and purpose of this special issue is to draw interconnections between
domains of strategy and strategic management research. Specifically, we initially …

The Academy of Management Review publishes novel theories providing explanations for
phenomena for which no good models exist. And management is a rich context in which to …

Building theories is important for advancing knowledge of management. But it is also a
highly challenging task. Although there is a burgeoning literature that offers many theorizing …

The borrowing and application of concepts and theories from underlying disciplines, such as
psychology and sociology, is commonplace in organization theory. This article critically …

I develop a model of framing contests to elucidate how cognitive frames influence
organizational strategy making. By using ethnographic techniques to study the day-to-day …

This article contributes to re-specifying a number of the phenomena of interest to
organizational studies in terms of patterns of socio-material practices and their effects. It …