… The authors discuss the microfoundations of institutional theory, specifically as
microfoundations are manifested in this volume of Research in the Sociology of Organizations. The …

… I argue that progress with microfoundations in institutional theory … A theory of action with
such features may also be useful in the debate on microfoundations beyond institutional theory, …

… I focus on institutional theory as an extreme case. Institutional theory, as developed throughout
most of the last 40 years, is concerned with longitudinal processes on the macro level. …

… of institutions develop an explanatory account of institutional phenomena which … on
microfoundations will become a defining element in the further development of institutional theory, …

… seeks to advance new microfoundations for institutional theory by … that equating the
microfoundations of institutions with the … that by “micro” in microfoundations, we are focusing on …

… and microfoundations as antithesis or synthesis; examining the characteristics of
institutional fields as contingencies of institutionization; and exploring the language of …

… institutional theory’s microfoundations merit theoretical attention and development. However,
we question the premise that the issue of agency in institutional theory … central to his theory. …

… is incomplete, resulting in fragile microfoundations. Building on Goffman (1974) and the
institutional logics perspective, in this essay I sketch an institutional theory of social situations, …

… Furthermore, this categorisation helps illustrate how values are present across the institutional
theory literature. As we will show below, many institutional theory perspectives on CSR …

… its micro-foundations have remained under-developed. The paper's first aim is therefore to
develop the MLP's theoretical micro-foundations, … economics and neoinstitutional theory. The …