The neoinstitutional theory has been characterized by some scholars in the field of
organizational studies as a supposedly deterministic approach. We will demonstrate in this …

The concept of the organizational field has been greatly dealt with in the literature on
institutional theory in recent years. As the concept of field involves a relational and symbolic …

Over the last year, two significant books have been published which seek to consolidate the
neoinstitutionalist approach to organization studies. In this review section, we provide firstly …

Although institutions are subject to constant change, we retain a stable image of them.
Consequently, should they be considered as objects or processes? Notwithstanding its …

This article critically approaches various neo-institutional accounts of the process of formal
organizing. While acknowledging the importance of the overall orientation marked by neo …

Melding key concepts from structuration theory with the organizational field framework, this
article builds on current work establishing a micro foundation for neoinstitutional …

In his influential essay, Powell (1991, p. 186) stresses how little we know about the genesis
and emergence of institutions. To him, neo-institutional theory consequently fails to look at …

The growth of institutionalist research within organizational studies has been nothing short
of remarkable. The institutional perspective has come to dominate submissions to the …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to offer a new analysis and understanding of the notion
of deinstitutionalization. Deinstitutionalization of taken-for-granted practices as a natural …

The editors of this volume asked me to write about the uses and misuses of institutional
theory–a quest that provided me with a perverse pleasure. In my reading, the most …