The term “actor” is a central yet contested construct in institutional theory. Regardless of
one's position, institutional theory requires a scaffolding that acknowledges the novelty and …

The social sciences and institutional theory have seen the proliferation of the term actor and
the profusion of its meanings. Despite the importance and ubiquity of actor in institutional …

In much contemporary institutional scholarship, the term 'actor'is used as a shorthand for any
entity imbued with agency. Talking about actors in institutions thus serves the necessity of …

The growing popularity of institutional work suggests a broad agentic turn in institutional
approaches to organizational studies. We briefly describe the contribution of the evolving …

Abstract Concepts of actors and actorhood, and different interpretations of these concepts,
underlie many debates in institutional research. The three Point‐Counterpoint articles …

The advancement and growth of institutional theory over the past seven decades has
brought with it an increasing plurality in its theoretical and empirical approaches, along with …

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

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 …

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 …

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 …