The title is intentionally provocative. Institutional theory can, of course, be critical. It is critical
of theories that are insufficiently attentive to how human behavior becomes institutionalized …

Institutional theory has made tremendous gains in recent years. However, while it has
borrowed concepts and insights from more critical perspectives, it has resisted the import of …

Hirsch and Lounsbury 97 outcome of any conflict, places it in the ironic position of adopting
the very functionalist and Panglossian views that Munir notes it criticized as the problem with …

In his January 2018 article, Cardinale seeks to advance new microfoundations for
institutional theory by reformulating two assumptions underlying the structure versus agency …

In this article I argue that the quest to establish microfoundations for institutional theory is
hindered by two assumptions on which it currently rests: that structure simply constrains and …

Issue is taken with the relative absence of the analysis of power from many leading
institutional theory accounts of organizations. The category of institutional entrepreneurs is …

Since the early writings of DiMaggio and Powell (1983), Meyer and Rowan (1977) and
Zucker (1987), many insights have been gained under the broad umbrella of institutional …

Various forms of critical theory have been suggested to illuminate social practices. Versions
of such theories has been promoted for the analysis of management, organizations and …

In his article “Beyond Constraining and Enabling: Toward New Microfoundations for
Institutional Theory,” Cardinale (2018) seeks to expose and correct “shortcomings”(2018 …

To the provocations by Munir (in this issue) and others who call on (neo) institutional theory
to become more critical, I rebut by asking: Hasn't institutional theory always been critical?! In …