… neo-institutional theory (NIT) specifically as confronting a mid-life crisis and institutional theory
(IT) … parts of the research, we are doing a disservice to organizational studies by labeling …

… More specifically, what is often studied are the causes of such iso… as neo-institutional
theory. This chapter will focus on this theoretical perspective when explaining institutional theory, …

… to conduct public organization research on organizational change … neo-institutional theory
has increasingly been recognized as an important framework for understanding organizational …

… to emphasize the scarcity of research on AI within the neo-institutional perspective and the …
a “mid-life crisis”: while remaining one of the dominant paradigms of organizational studies, it …

… Changing the very point of view about the nature of organizations and organizational
environments were as great and fundamental for organizational research as a change from …

… on entropy in organizational research and in the institutional theory. Then, it is analyzed what
entropy means and how it works in some neighboring sciences, including systems science, …

… neo-institutional scholars. This paper seeks to build on their insights to contribute to our
understanding of institutions in organization studies… tradition of neo-institutional theory. Some …

… Inter alia, the name of this silent social crisis is called Midlife crisis. We trace the development
of dominant theory in this Studies for a marginal topic (Alvesson, 2019). This invisible …

… In organizational studies, relational theories highlight the power of social ties and the structure
of … factors in the organizational environment. Often called new/neo-institutional theory, this …

… And I want to thank the entire Department of Organization for the warm welcome that its …
Swiss National Science Foundation that co-financed this dissertation as well as the research stay …