What is organization theory and why does it matter? Where did it start, how has it developed,
and what impact does it have on organisations? This book brings a fresh approach to these …

Over the past couple of decades, research in organizational sociology has shifted away from
the contextual richness of action perspectives toward more structuralist paradigms …

The relationship between power and institutions is an intimate one. Institutions exist to the
extent that they are powerful–the extent to which they affect the behaviors, beliefs and …

2) How has organization theory developed over time, and what structure has the field taken?
What assumptions does knowledge produced in organization theory incorporate, and what …

Research on institutions and networks has proceeded on largely separate trajectories over
the past few decades. The former is more associated with work in organizational and …

The problems and prospects currently facing Institutional Theory are addressed by
scrutinizing recent proposals for focusing upon 'institutional work'in a way of that promises to …

Much of the social science literature on institutions resembles a play that begins with the
second act, taking both plot and narrative as an accomplished fact. very little research asks …

In the first edition of this handbook, Powell and Colyvas (2008) argued that much could be
gained by making the microfoundations of institutional theory more explicit. That chapter …

This broad, balanced introduction to organizational studies enables the reader to compare
and contrast different approaches to the study of organizations. This book is a valuable tool …

A key theoretical and methodological issue for comparative scholars concerns the non-
identical nature of actors across different institutional contexts. This paper reviews the …