In recent years, there have been many calls for scholars to innovate in their styles of
conceptual work, and in particular to develop process theoretical contributions that consider …

The study of institutional change is a core research area in organization theory and is of
increasing relevance for scholarship in other disciplines. In this article, we review the …

We trace the development of neo-institutional theory in Organization Studies from a marginal
topic to the dominant theory. We show how it has evolved from infancy, through adolescence …

Research Summary: The attention‐based view (ABV) has highlighted the role of
organizational attention in strategic decision making and adaptation. The tendency to view …

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has generated extensive debates about the future of
work in the professions. However, few studies take account of the potential for AI's disruptive …

There is increasing recognition among scholars that entrepreneurs use framing to legitimize
their ventures and the broader fields within which they operate. Yet, there is no unifying …

We examine how professions responded to a potential change in jurisdictional boundaries
by analyzing the written submissions of five professional associations in reaction to a …

The emergence of “moral leadership,” discussed here as a situation wherein individuals
take a moral stance on an issue, convince others to do the same, and together spur change …

Research on organizational misconduct has examined how audiences generate discourses
to make sense of behaviour that may transgress the line between right and wrong. However …

While the majority of research promotes the idea of transparency and puts all efforts into
refining existing concepts, critical studies emphasize the performativity of measures to …