In this P oint–C ounterpoint article we argue that institutional scholarship has become overly
concerned with explaining institutions and institutional processes, notably at the level of the …

This essay offers a critical summation of the use of neo-institutionalism to study
organizations. While institutionalism has succeeded in becoming the dominant theory to …

G reenwood, Hinings and Whetten (2014) present two major criticisms of current institutional
scholarship, and see need for a broad redirection: institutional organization theory, they …

Contemporary institutional theorizing in the field of organizations dates back almost forty
years. This particularly describes what are called new or neo-institutionalisms. These terms …

Institutional theory is a prominent perspective in contemporary organizational research. It
encompasses a large, diverse body of theoretical and empirical work connected by a …

HE concept of institutional work describes" the purposive action of individuals and
organizations aimed at creating, maintaining and disrupting institutions"(Lawrence & …

To compare and contrast institutional theories used in organizational analysis, the
theoretical frameworks and arguments of leading contributors to institutional theory are …

Creating a clear, analytical framework, this comprehensive exploration of the relationship
between institutional theory and the study of organizations continues to reflect the richness …

Institutional theory has become a dominant and influential perspective to study management
and organizations. The popularity of institutional theory is driven, in part, by its effectiveness …

In this paper, we discuss an alternative focus for institutional studies of organization-the
study of institutional work. Research on institutional work examines the practices of …