The study of institutional work has emerged as a dynamic research domain within
organization studies. In this essay, we situate the papers published in the Special Issue. We …

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

The growing popularity of institutional work suggests a broad agentic turn in institutional
approaches to organizational studies. We briefly describe the contribution of the evolving …

In this paper, we discuss an alternative focus for institutional studies of organization-the
study of institutional work. Research on institutional work examines the practices of …

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

Institutional theory has energized a large and vibrant academic community, but it is largely
unknown to managers and inconsequential with respect to the management of …

'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 …

HE concept of institutional work (Lawrence 86 Suddaby, 2006) offers an important new way
to frame institutional analysis, connecting disparate (at least in the empirical literature) …

We draw on an in-depth longitudinal analysis of conflict over harvesting practices and
decision authority in the British Columbia coastal forest industry to understand the role of …

The'institutional'approach to organizational research has shown how enduring features of
social life-such as marriage and bureaucracy-act as mechanisms of social control. Such …