Queries into the creation of collective meaning through social processes arise in both
organization culture and institutional theory. This paper applies DiMaggio and Powell's three …

This paper reflects our conversation at the border-a dividing line but also a potential meeting
place–of organizational culture theory and institutional theory. First, we discuss the border …

As Allaire and Firsirotu (1984) pointed out over a decade ago, the concept of culture seemed
to be sliding inexorably into a superficial explanatory pool that promised everything and …

Aten et al. 79 (see Martin, 2002; Weeks, 2004), most early studies reinforced a view of
culture as contributing to the “deep structure”(Swidler, 2001, p. 163) and stability of …

Culture has become a legitimate concern and part of the basic conceptual toolkit in much of
contemporary organization theory. This article historically traces the contested place of …

Raymond Williams' commentary on the etymological roots and semiotic complexity of culture
as a concept is a frequent point of departure for many commentaries in the area. This article …

The construct of identity has long been central to the study of institutions and
institutionalization, although the relationship between the two constructs has been modeled …

The study of culture is on the rise; still, this popularity comes with the cost of increasing
fragmentation, as definitions and conceptualizations proliferate. The objectives of this review …

In the late 1970s, neoinstitutional and organizational culture theorists challenged prevailing
rationalist organizational paradigms by introducing social constructionism to the field of …

model of organizational culture as assumptions, values, and artifacts leaves gaps regarding
the appreciation of organizational culture as symbols and processes. This article examinee …