Purpose The purpose of this study is to frame the dimensions of the external institutional
environment, namely, cultural-cognitive, normative and regulative dimensions as the main …

Purpose Quality management has become an integral part of management reforms in public
sector organizations. Drawing on a new institutionalist perspective, this study aims to …

Megaprojects are commonly exposed to multiple, conflicting institutional demands, making
them notoriously difficult to manage. Drawing on organizational institutional theory, the …

Introduction Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, two ICU triage guidelines were developed
in the Netherlands—the Pandemic Guideline and the Guideline Code Black—ostensibly to …

Volumes 70 and 71 of Research in the Sociology of Organizations combine to comprise
cutting edge theory and empirical scholarship at the interface of practice and institution in …

The chief human resource officer (CHRO) role elevates people-related matters to the apex of
the firm. Why do some companies' leading management teams place so much emphasis on …

We investigate the nature and impact of recent 'reflexive theorizing'in the field of
Organization Studies by examining articles that critically reflect on research, practice and the …

In their 2012 book The Institutional Logics Perspective, Patricia Thornton, William Ocasio
and Michael Lounsbury proposed the addition of community as a logic to more traditional …

Female entrepreneurship (FENT) has long been presented as primarily driven by necessity,
encompassing gendered social processes that push women into venturing to find …

We theorize that social creativity is necessary for addressing the creative challenges—grand
opportunities and wicked problems—facing modern society. Our paper seeks to understand …