Although values were once the central focus of institutional scholarship, they occupy a
marginal position in the contemporary literature. Viewing this situation as both a significant …

The field of behavioral ethics has seen considerable growth over the last few decades. One
of the most significant concerns facing this interdisciplinary field of research is the moral …

'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 …

Organizational success increasingly depends on leaders' abilities to address competing
demands simultaneously. Scholars have applied both institutional theory and paradox …

Why would an organization pursue membership in an organizational category, yet forego
opportunities to subsequently promote that membership? Drawing on prior research, we …

In a longitudinal qualitative study of a water stewardship council, we build theory about how
and why actors embedded in disparate logics across multiple fields can overcome the …

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 …

We introduce the concept of places of social inclusion—institutions endowed by a society or
a community with material resources, meaning, and values at geographic sites where …

Scholars studying stigmatized, or “dirty work,” occupations have tended to characterize
people outside of the occupation as the stigmatizers and those within the occupation as …

Changes in societal logics often leave firms' policies and practices out of step. Yet when
firms introduce a change that brings in a new societal logic, employees may resist, even …