Institutional logics in action

• Other Authors: Lounsbury, Michael., Boxenbaum, Eva.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2013.
• Series: Research in the sociology of organizations ; v. 39b.
• Subjects: Business & Economics > Organizational Behavior.; Business & Economics > Organizational Development*.; Business & Economics > Human Resources & Personnel Management.; Organizational theory & behaviour.; Management & management techniques.; Organizational sociology.; Associations, institutions, etc. > Philosophy.; Logic.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781781909218 (electronic bk.) :
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 350 p.) : ill.
• ISSN: 0733-558X

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, seededby 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 actionfocusing on their dynamics, complexity, and evolving relationship to actors as actors actively navigate their social worlds.