Organization theory has, on the whole, failed to adequately address the role that
organizations have played in some of the crimes of humanity. The tools to do so have long …

Institutional theory has energized a large and vibrant academic community, but it is largely
unknown to managers and inconsequential with respect to the management of …

For the past half-century, the study of organizations has been an active area within
sociology. I provide an overview of the emergence of this specialty during the second half of …

To those of us on its periphery, organization theory always seems like a picturesque
Kuhnian subfield. Paradigms come and go. Controversy abounds. People argue about" …

Agency and institutions are essential concepts within institutional theory. In this Perspectives
issue, we draw on a select group of Organization Studie s articles to provide an overview of …

Institutions now occupy a central position in most accounts of macro-organizational change
(Greenwood et al., 2008). Institutional theory posits that organizations are subject not only to …

'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 …

This volume contrasts the life and problems of organizations in many parts of the world and
highlights the differences between those societies as reflected in their different institutional …

Institutions are social structures that are characterized by a high degree of resilience (Scott,
2001). They have a self-activating nature (Lawrence, Hardy 86 Phillips, 2002; Jepperson …

CHARLENE ZIETSMA AND BRENT MCKNIGHT unique contribution of institutional theory is
the insight that organizations need legitimacy as well as technical efficiency to survive and …