I explore the interrelations between methodology and theory by examining how specific
research strategies afford specific lines of theorizing. My case study is recent studies in …

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 …

In this chapter, the authors weave together a set of ideas that lead us closer to a more
general institutional theory–one that embraces multiple levels of analysis, including the …

In this edited collection, institutional ethnographers draw on their field research experiences
to address different aspects of institutional ethnographic practice. As institutional …

Institutional ethnography has an explicit ontology that serves as the foundation for inquiry.
This chapter discusses the elements of that ontology and explains how they inform …

Although a central construct for sociologists, the concept of institution continues to elude
clear and full specification. One reason for this lack of clarity is that about 50 years ago …

OCIAL RESEARCHERS USE INTERVIEWS in various ways, but they usually think chapter,
we discuss interviewing as part of an approach designed for the investigation of …

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

We argue that this paradox is, at least in part, the result of a long-standing tension in
sociology between more materialist, interestdriven explanations of behavior and ideational …

Recent literature on institutional theory is replete with calls for greater use of experimental
designs to explore the micro-foundations of institutions (Bitektine, 2011; Green, 2004; …