A challenge facing neo-institutionalism is to detail how pre-existing institutional conditions
and alternative institutional projects influence the creation of new organizational forms. We …

Calls for reintroducing agency, politics and contestation into institutional analysis are now
legion, spanning more than two decades since DiMaggio's (1988) classic piece, and gaining …

Calls for reintroducing agency, politics and contestation into institutional analysis are now
legion, spanning nearly two decades since DiMaggio's (1988) classic piece, and gaining …

Students of organizations and social movements recently have highlighted the potential
fruitfulness of examining the ways in which ideas and research developments in the …

The term 'institutional theory'covers a broad body of literature that has grown in prominence
and popularity over the past two decades. But, consistency in defining the bounds of this …

Organizational theory emphasizes how new organizational forms are produced by
technological innovation but has glossed over the role of cultural innovation. This chapter …

Early institutional theoretical development grew out of the observations that formal
organizational structures become increasingly complex as new organizations emerge and …

Institutional theory has matured to the point where we know a great deal about how
institutions, once formed, are reproduced. We know less about how they are constructed. For …

The term 'institutional entrepreneurship'refers to the 'activities of actors who have an interest
in particular institutional arrangements and who leverage resources to create new …

There is little question that two of the most active and creative arenas of scholarly activity in
the social sciences during the past four decades have been organizational studies (OS) and …