… quest to establish microfoundations for institutional theory is … and propose alternative
microfoundations on which (1) … long-standing divides within institutional theory, opening up …

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

… value in drawing on learning theory to inform the microfoundations of institutional theory. …
, our goal has been to bolster work on microfoundations within institutional theory. Specifically, …

… institutional theory and aid in explaining the creation, transformation, and impact of institutions.
… Many of the writings that provided the initial microfoundations for institutional theory date …

… 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, …

… be gained by making the microfoundations of institutional theory more explicit. That chapter
concluded that the standard macro accounts associated with institutional theory needed an …

… 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 …

… Our findings indicate that the microfoundations of institutional theory are important and can
explain the variance in the interaction with and responses to institutional pressures. Therefore…

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