The SAGE handbook of organizational institutionalism

Summary: "Institutional theory is arguably the dominant approach to understanding organizations. Yet there are frequent expressions of concern within the academic community that the theory has become eclectic and disorganized." "In this Handbook, the editors take stock of this prevalent and entrenched approach to understanding organizations, bringing together the most eminent and international scholars of institutional theory and organization studies to review the foundations, current status, and emerging new directions of this key theoretical approach."--BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 9781412931236 (hbk.)
ISBN: 1412931231 (hbk.)
Physical Description: print
xviii, 822 p. : ill ; 26 cm.
Publisher: Los Angeles ; London : SAGE, 2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction / Royston Greenwood, Christine Oliver, Kerstin Sahlin and Roy Suddaby -- Sect. I. Foundational Themes -- 1. Legitimacy in Organizational Institutionalism / David L. Deephouse and Mark Suchman -- 2. Isomorphism, Diffusion and Decoupling / Eva Boxenbaum and Stefan Jonsson -- 3. Institutional Logics / Patricia H. Thornton and William Ocasio -- 4. Organizational Fields: Past, Present and Future / Melissa Wooten and Andrew J. Hoffman -- Sect. II. Institutional Dynamics -- 5. The Work of Meanings in Institutional Processes and Thinking / Taminar B. Zilber -- 6. Power, Institutions and Organizations / Thomas B. Lawrence -- 7. Institutional Entrepreneurship / Cynthia Hardy and Steve Maguire -- 8. Circulating Ideas: Imitation, Translation and Editing / Kerstin Sahlin and Linda Wedlin -- 9. Organizational Implications of Institutional Pluralism / Matthew S. Kraatz and Emily S. Block -- 10. Microfoundations of Institutional Theory / Walter W. Powell and Jeannette A. Colyvas -- 11. Institutions and Transnationalization / Marie-Laure Djelic and Sigrid Quack -- Sect. III. Applications -- 12. Traditions as Institutionalized Practice: Implications for Deinstitutionalization / M. Tina Dacin and Peter A. Dacin -- 13. New Forms as Settlements / Hayagreeva Rao and Martin Kenney -- 14. Social Movements and Failed Institutionalization: Corporate (Non) Response to the AIDS Epidemic / Gerald F. Davis and Peter J. J. Anderson -- 15. Institutions and Corporate Governance / Peer C. Fiss -- Sect. IV. Interfaces -- 16. Beyond Constraint: How Institutions Enable Identities / Mary Ann Glynn -- 17. Institutionalism and the Professions / Kevin T. Leicht and Mary L. Fennell -- 18. Institutionalism and Globalization Studies / Gili S. Drori -- 19. Organizational Institutionalism and Sociology: A Reflection / C. R. Hinings and Pamela S. Tolbert -- 20. Coalface Institutionalism / Stephen R. Barley -- 21. New Sociology of Knowledge: Historical Legacy and Contributions to Current Debates in Institutional Research / Renate E. Meyer -- 22. Systems Theory, Societal Contexts, and Organizational Heterogeneity / Raimund Hasse and Georg Krucken -- 23. Charting Progress at the Nexus of Institutional Theory and Economics / Peter W. Roberts -- 24. Ecologists and Institutionalists: Friends or Foes? / Heather A. Haveman and Robert J. David -- 25. Networks and Institutions / Jason Owen-Smith and Walter W. Powell -- 26. Institutional-Level Learning: Learning as a Source of Institutional Change / Pamela Haunschild and David Chandler -- 27. Social Movements and Institutional Analysis / Marc Schneiberg and Michael Lounsbury -- 28. Examining 'Institutionalization': A Critical Theoretic Perspective / David J. Cooper, Mahmoud Ezzamel and Hugh Willmott -- 29. Taking Social Construction Seriously: Extending the Discursive Approach in Institutional Theory / Nelson Phillips and Namrata Malhotra -- 30. Institutional Leadership: Past, Present and Future / Marvin Washington, Kimberly B. Boal and John N. Davis -- Sect. V. Reflections -- 31. Is the New Institutionalism a Theory? / Donald Palmer, Nicole Biggart and Brian Dick -- 32. How to Misuse Institutions and Get Away with It: Some Reflections on Institutional Theory(ies) / Barbara Czarniawska -- 33. Been There, Done That, Moving On: Reflections on Institutional Theory's Continuing Evolution / Paul Hirsch -- 34. Reflections on Institutional Theories of Organizations / John W. Meyer.