New Book
September 15, 2009
Institutional Work: Actors and Agency in Institutional Studies of Organizations
Edited by:
Thomas B. Lawrence
Simon Fraser University
Roy Suddaby
University of Alberta
Bernard Leca
ESC Rouen
http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521518550
The 'institutional' approach to organizational research has shown how enduring features of social life - such as marriage and bureaucracy - act as mechanisms of social control. Such approaches have traditionally focused attention on the relationships between organizations and the fields in which they operate, providing strong accounts of the processes through which institutions govern action. In contrast, the study of institutional work reorients these traditional concerns, shifting the focus to understanding how action affects ... Read More >>