'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 chapter provides a summary of the closing plenary at the 2018 Alberta Institutions
Conference in which four scholars–Markus Höllerer, Marc Schneiberg, Patricia Thornton …

Introducing the essentials of an institutional perspective on organization (s), we emphasize
the need for multi-level analysis and stress the co-constitutive character of the macro and the …

Much modern thinking about organizations follows a rough outline called institutional theory
(Greenwood et al. 2008). Broad cultural and organizational environments provide templates …

The core goal of the “micro-foundational” agenda appears to be less an institutionalism
founded in the micro, or reduced to the micro, and more some form of integrative …

The concept of institution has been used by scholars from across a number of disciplines to
explain a wide variety of phenomena. However, the philosophical roots of this concept have …

Meso-institutions are weak, intermediate forms of institutions that bridge the gap between
institutional disintegration and the development of new, more firmly established institutions …

" Creating a clear, analytical framework for readers, Institutions and Organizations: Ideas
and Interests, Third Edition continues to reflect the richness and diversity of institutional …

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