We argue for the importance of including analyses of emotional and unconscious processes
in the study of institutional work. We develop a framework that integrates emotions and their …

This article explicates the causal connections between changes in professional jurisdictions
and changes in organizational fields. The authors argue that professional projects carry …

This study extends theory on the role of identity construction in institutionalization processes
by exploring the role of everyday identity work by nonentrepreneurial actors in the …

Context: Understanding how and why programs work—not simply whether they work—is
crucial. Good theory is indispensable to advancing the science of improvement. We argue …

Conflict, poverty and weak institutions create hardships for people, societies and economies
on a global basis. We investigate macro-societal state fragility and stability. Within this …

This paper makes the case for an inhabited institutionalism by pondering questions that
continue to vex institutional theory: How can we account for local activity, agency, and …

Research on institutional logics has exploded in the last decade. Much of this work has
taken its inspiration from Friedland and Alford's call to “bring society back in” to …

One of the great paradoxes of institutional change is that even when top managers in
organizations provide support for change in response to new regulation, the employees …

Institutional theory argues that conformity to institutional pressure enhances the survival
probability of organizations. Two key limitations of institutional theory have been proposed in …

We advance a novel idea-centric perspective to study power-laden aspects of institutional
life in fields. Our study includes data from the field of impact investing in Europe from 2006 …