Institutional Logics in Action: 39, Part B (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 39, Part B) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1781909202 ISBN 13: 9781781909201

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2013

Synopsis

The Institutional Logics Perspective is one of the fastest growing new theoretical areas in organization studies (Thornton, Ocasio & Lounsbury, 2012). Building on early efforts by Friedland & Alford (1991) to "bring society back in" to the study of organizational dynamics, this new scholarly domain has revived institutional analysis by embracing a focus on the dynamic and heterogeneous nature of institutions. In doing so, it has embraced a more practice-centered approach to agency that emphasizes situated interactions, the importance of history, the role of both symbolic and material elements, and the study of cross-level processes and mechanisms. This two volume set, seeded by an ABC Network conference held in Banff, Alberta, CANADA in June 2012, provides a fresh set of papers by scholars at the cutting edge of research on institutional logics. As a whole, the papers provide many novel theoretical insights about institutional logics in action - focusing on their dynamics, complexity, and evolving relationship to actors as actors actively navigate their social worlds.

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About the Author

Lounsbury M. - University of Alberta, Canada Boxenbaum E. - Mines ParisTech, France and Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Edition details

• Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1781909202
• ISBN 13: 9781781909201
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 399
• Editor: Lounsbury Michael, Boxenbaum Eva