The concept of an institutional field is one of the cornerstones of institutional theory, and yet
the concept has been stretched both theoretically and empirically, making consolidation of …

Organizational fields are a central construct in institutional theory and the notion of shared
meaning is integral to the definition of “field.” In this review, we discuss how institutional …

In this review article, we reflect upon recent developments in institutional theory with
particular emphasis on first, how organizational fields have been conceived and second, on …

The study of institutional work has emerged as a dynamic research domain within
organization studies. In this essay, we situate the papers published in the Special Issue. We …

The growth of institutionalist research within organizational studies has been nothing short
of remarkable. The institutional perspective has come to dominate submissions to the …

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 …

So institutional theory and critical theory share a broad “family resemblance.” They differ,
however, in their respective trajectories within management studies. While both start as …

Institutional theory has risen to prominence as a popular and powerful explanation for both
individual and organizational action. It is a vibrant theory that has been synthesized and …

This chapter proposes a process model for understanding institutional change at the
organizational field level of analysis. This process model consists of five overlapping stages …

HE concept of institutional work (Lawrence 86 Suddaby, 2006) offers an important new way
to frame institutional analysis, connecting disparate (at least in the empirical literature) …