The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis
Abstract
Long a fruitful area of scrutiny for students of organizations, the study of institutions is undergoing a renaissance in contemporary social science. This volume offers, for the first time, both often-cited foundation works and the latest writings of scholars associated with the "institutional" approach to organization analysis. In their introduction, the editors discuss points of convergence and disagreement with institutionally oriented research in economics and political science, and locate the "institutional" approach in relation to major developments in contemporary sociological theory. Several chapters consolidate the theoretical advances of the past decade, identify and clarify the paradigm's key ambiguities, and push the theoretical agenda in novel ways by developing sophisticated arguments about the linkage between institutional patterns and forms of social structure. The empirical studies that followinvolving such diverse topics as mental health clinics, art museums, large corporations, civil-service systems, and national politiesillustrate the explanatory power of institutional theory in the analysis of organizational change. Required reading for anyone interested in the sociology of organizations, the volume should appeal to scholars concerned with culture, political institutions, and social change.
... According to these studies institutionalization gain ascendancy when the strategies related to the management of risk become exceptionally homogenous in most organizations. The implementation of this mechanism can be forced by regularity authorities but putting direct and indirect pressures on the organizations (Powell & DiMaggio, 1991;Ishtiaq, 2015). Because of this reason usage of institutional theory gives a fair reason for applying risk management in Islamic banks. ...
... The regression results explaining the association of RMP with various predictors have also been supported and validated by homogeneity assumption of institutional theory. It asserts that the homogeneous strategies can be taken as obligatory by coercive isomorphism through which regulators placed compressions on the institutions through encouragement, guidelines and directions - (Buchko, 2011;Ishtiaq, 2015;Powell & DiMaggio, 1991). In Pakistan's context, IBIs are directed by SBP in terms of risk management strategies to develop a framework for their staff to properly understand and implement RMP. ...
Purpose: This research aims to evaluate the risk management practices in the Islamic Banking Institutions (IBIs) of Pakistan. This objective is achieved by determining the potency of risk conception within the staff members of Pakistani IBIs; evaluating the usefulness of the techniques connecting with risk understanding (RU), risk identification (RI), risk assessment & analysis (RAA), risk monitoring & controlling (RMC); and exploring other fundamental features of risk management practices (RMP) in the IBIs of Pakistan. Research Design: This research has used a survey methodology by using a questionnaire (self-administrated) for data collection. Findings: The study's findings indicate that IBIs are efficient in managing various risks where managing equity investment risk, managing liquidity risk, and risk assessment & analysis are essential variables in the RMP. Originality/Significance: In this study, the researchers intend to get a broader view of RMP in IBIs of Pakistan. The researchers intend to add in the available theoretical literature by employing the "Institutional Theory" in the field of Islamic Banking and Finance. Research Implications: Moreover, risk management departments of IBIs are required to give more attention to the management of operational and market risk. IBIs are also needed to sharpen the expertise of their team in the risk management department for better management of operational risk (OR), liquidity risk (LR), equity investment risk (EIR), rate of return risk (ROR), market risk (MR), and credit risk (CR).
... It is considered relevant for organizational analysis. Following this line, Dimmagio and Powell (1991) argue that it is a determining alternative for public policy studies, including HE. Indeed, Hasanefendic and Donina (2023) associate institutional theory premises with strategy formulation. ...
The specialized literature shows that corporate governance in accredited public higher education institutions is polysemic. This research will structure an integral corporate governance model for official higher education. The theoretical framework is based on new institutionalism and stakeholder and resource-based views. A meticulously designed sequential mixed-method approach was implemented, with data collection and analysis conducted in three stages. The first stage involved a bibliometric analysis, followed by a content analysis. Finally, an interdisciplinary group of 22 experts was interviewed using Python to propose the corporate governance model. The results validated a novel model with four dimensions: administrative process, university autonomy, stakeholders, and accountability system, as a structure for a hybrid transformation of corporate governance that includes principles of complexity. This model offers an alternative approach to optimizing management in public universities, particularly from the accreditation perspective.
... Hasil penelitian yang sejalan dengan hasil temuan oleh Saladin et al (2023) yang menyatakan tidak diperoleh perbedaan yang signifikan perbandingan kinerjaikeuangan menggunakan pendekatan Economic Value Added. Namun dengan hasil ini menjadikan proses akuisisi yang dilakukan tidak sesuai dengan teori institusional menurut Walter W. Powell & DiMaggio (1991), yang pada teori tersebut menyatakan proses pengurangan biaya transaksi untuk dapat memaksimalkan profitabilitas. Meskipun mengalami penurunan, perusahaan ICBP merupakan perusahaan yang mempunyai kinerja keuangan yang bagus sebab selalu menghasilkan nilai EVA positif. ...
Tujuan. Untuk memahami perbedaan kinerja keuangan perusahaan Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk pra dan pasca akuisisi dengan metode Economic Value Added (EVA), Market Value Added (MVA) dan Financial Value Added (FVA). Metode. Pendekatan penelitian kuantitatif dengan metode penelitian deskriptif komparatif digunakan sebagai metode dalam penelitian ini. Objek penelitian menggunakan laporan keuangan triwulan dan tahunan. Data dianalisa menggunakan analisis statistik deskriptif dan menggunakan uji normalitas (Shipro-wilk), untuk uji hipotesis yang dipergunakan uji paried sample t-test. Hasil. Hasil pada analisa statistik deskriptif untuk nilai Economic Value Added (EVA), Market Value Added (MVA) dan Financial Value Added (FVA) pra dan pasca bernilai positif, uji normalitas menunjukan berdistribusi normal dan untuk uji hipotesis nilai EVA dan FVA tidak ditemukan perbedaan signifikan sementara nilai Market Value Added (MVA) ditemukan adanya perbedaan yang signifikan. Implikasi. Analisa nilai tambah dipercaya lebih mampu mengidentifikasi kemampuan perusahaan dalam mewujudkan tujuan perusahaan. Analisa nilai tambah memperhitungkan modal yang dikeluarkan perusahaan dalam menghasilkan kinerja perusahaan baik.
... This is illustrated by companies selectively emphasizing certain SDGs based on sector relevance and stakeholder expectations. For instance, the Financial and Risk Management sector focuses on SDGs related to governance and economic growth, specifically SDGs 3,5,8,12,and 13. In contrast, the Energy and Waste Management sector often highlights SDGs concerning environmental protection and climate action, specifically SDGs 6, 7, 12, and 13. ...
This study examines the sector-specific linguistic strategies utilized by large Italian firms, emphasizing the relationship between language, corporate governance procedures, and sustainability initiatives. This research employs a content analysis of 210 sustainability reports (SRs) from 203 corporations, categorizing firms into seven industry-specific clusters and examining how various sectors communicate sustainability activities. The research utilizes language game theory to determine if the vocabulary employed in SRs promotes a uniform comprehension of sustainability activities and aids stakeholders in assessing company sustainability plans. Key findings indicate a substantial disparity in the terminology employed across various businesses, underscoring the fragmentation and sector-specific focus in SR procedures. The research reveals sector-specific linguistic techniques that influence the discourse on sustainability, illustrating how language is deliberately employed to correspond with each sector’s objectives and governance frameworks. This research enhances academic literature by incorporating language game theory into SR analysis, revealing the influence of sector-specific language on sustainability narratives. It also underscores the issues associated with positive framing and the potential for greenwashing, wherein optimistic rhetoric may compromise the integrity and trustworthiness of SRs. The results necessitate standardized reporting systems to improve the comparability and accountability of systematic reviews across various sectors.
While ‘culture’ is an omnipresent notion in management, economics, and business ethics, it is often used in the sense of “climate” (Denison 1996). In this contribution, we approach culture in a different manner while emphasizing a methodological cultural perspective. We will first outline a general cultural approach in a Weberian tradition that focuses on five crucial levels of analysis: elements of a theory of action, social relations, institutions, organizations, and system theories. Based on that, we will sketch selected considerations by identifying elements of organizational ethics, business and society relations, and societal systems perspectives. This will allow us to outline a broad spectrum of conceptual considerations by introducing concepts such as moral (bounded) rationality, multi-rational and poly-lingual organizations, the ethics of organizational fields, and systemic responsibility. Finally, we sketch some directions for further research, which not only concerns social-science approaches but also offers some suggestions for bridging our approach with normative business ethics.
We argue that war as a phenomenon deserves more focused attention in management. First, we highlight why war is an important and relevant area of inquiry for management scholars. We then integrate scattered conversations on war in management studies into a framework structured around three building blocks – (a) the nature of war from an organizational viewpoint, (b) the actors involved in war and (c) war's contextual factors. This framework provides a roadmap to identify pressing questions that management scholars can address, thus laying the foundations of a programmatic theory for analysing war as a specific area of inquiry. We especially emphasize the recursive relationship between war and management theory, demonstrating how they can mutually inform each other. Finally, we highlight empirical challenges and offer specific recommendations to guide future management research on war. Aiming to stimulate a new scholarly conversation, this paper contributes to establishing a forward‐looking research agenda that can help management scholars problematize key issues in the analysis of war.
Higher education scholars have studied white supremacy and whiteness to understand the ways racial inequity persists in the academy; however, scholars mostly focus on individual and social levels of analysis such as individual ideologies or macro systems of oppression. Recent literature on racialized organizations have begun to address whiteness, but we have yet to fully understand how whiteness functions within organizations to reproduce racial inequities and sustain white supremacy as a racialized hegemonic power. Furthermore, there is little evidence on how organizations and their leaders support or resist whiteness. In this systematic review of whiteness in higher education research from the past 20 years, I identify a gap in the literature—that whiteness in higher education organizations is under examined. To begin to redress this gap, I designed a conceptual framework that examines how white supremacy as a hegemonic and racialized power via whiteness functions and is potentially contested in higher education organizations.
Os estudos de Governo Aberto ganharam espaço no debate público e na literatura nos últimos 20 anos. O papel central do Governo Aberto é promover o diálogo entre Poder Público e cidadãos, por meio de mecanismos participativos e transparência. Pode ser entendido como instrumentos de tecnologias da comunicação e informação que facilitam o acesso às informações e atividades governamentais. Este artigo analisou os limites e possibilidades dos observatórios na promoção da transparência, dados abertos, participação e na melhoria da gestão. Os observatórios de políticas públicas surgiram nas últimas duas décadas como uma inovação para promover o controle social e a melhoria de fluxos administrativos internos. Descrevemos em profundidade o caso do observatório de políticas de Guarulhos, a partir de seu processo de criação e consolidação enquanto instrumento de Governo Aberto no período de 2017 a 2023.
In the actual scenario of increasing environmental problems (such us, Global Warming, wide spread of micro-plastics, or the extermination of many species), there is an urgent need for a deeper understanding of dimensions of the problem to mitigate their impact. This study investigates the relationship between corporate environmental progress and financial performance, framed within the context of contemporary institutional theories. While much of the prior literature has primarily sought to establish a direct business case for environmental management, the present research shifts focus to examine the role of environmental institutional stringency on this relationship. Through a comprehensive meta-analysis of 321 empirical studies, encompassing 1,008 effect sizes and over 121,000 firm observations, the findings reveal that the association between environmental progress and financial performance is influenced by the degree of institutional environmental stringency that the firm conforms. Specifically, there is an interactive effect of country- and industry-level environmental institutional stringency that constrains firms' ability to capitalize on the financial benefits of their environmental progress. This study contributes to the institutional theory literature by clarifying the distinction between mere compliance with institutional pressures and the pursuit of competitive advantages, offering novel insights into the complexities of corporate environmental management.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a framework for addressing global challenges and building a more equitable and sustainable future for all. Governments must coordinate to achieve the SDGs, addressing capacity and resource constraints, as well as political, institutional, and socioeconomic barriers. In this context, this study examines the determinants affecting the achievement of the SDGs in 83 countries from 2016 to 2021, using data from the UN's Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Through panel data analysis and Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) estimation, the study identifies significant factors influencing SDG achievement. The results show that higher income levels, education, and previous compliance with the SDGs positively impact SDG performance. In addition, increased percentages of women in parliament are associated with better SDG outcomes. Conversely, higher unemployment rates and lower deficits are associated with lower SDG scores. These findings underscore the importance of these factors in driving progress toward global sustainability goals.
As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are progressively integrated across life domains, religious organizations are negotiating opportunities and tensions as AI applications are incorporated into their daily practices. Given the limited and growing research on AI and religion, this study explores how religious leaders perceive and manage emerging automation to align with institutional values. Drawing upon in-depth interviews with pastors in Christian churches in the United States, this study reveals how they understand and prioritize their mission, community solidarity, and beliefs regarding human dignity and agency in their AI adoption. This study helps shed light on the significance of faithful adherence to values in advancing responsible AI and religious human–machine communication. Findings also highlight the performance of religious authority amid the plurality of institutional logics in current church settings. This paper concludes with a call for future research to extend our understanding of the socio-cultural implications of automation and recognize efforts by key religious leadership to influence AI adoption, ethics, and governance.
Au Québec, la diversification économique constitue un enjeu majeur pour les régions ressources caractérisées historiquement par un mode d’exploitation extractiviste et exportateur. À partir d’une approche relevant du néo institutionnalisme sociologique, cet article interroge le rôle des pouvoirs publics et des politiques publiques dans le processus d’institutionnalisation des niches productives émergentes. Deux facteurs importants de la stabilisation institutionnelle des niches sont analysés : d’abord, le travail institutionnel d’articulation entre un paysage extractiviste, des régimes de politique publique sectoriels et territoriaux, et des niches productives émergentes ; ensuite les processus de problématisation et d’instrumentation de la niche déployés par les acteurs. Ces propositions sont opérationnalisées par une étude de cas portant sur la mariculture québécoise, une niche productive émergente dans les régions maritimes québécoise au milieu des années 1990. Après s’être fortement cristallisée durant la décennie 2000, cette niche entre dans une période de stagnation à partir de 2010. L’analyse de ces trois périodes met en évidence le rôle des acteurs régionaux, professionnels et étatiques, mais aussi du contexte des politiques publiques dans l’émergence et l’arrimage de la niche à l’économie politique d’une région ressource. Cet article pointe le rôle majeur joué par l’État dans la stabilisation de la niche.
Due to a shrinking number of employable graduates, companies in industrialised nations have increasingly faced problems in hiring qualified young people. This situation is particularly pronounced in Japan, where companies are competing for the best talents. Based on a multi-stakeholder perspective, this study examines changes in the Japanese recruitment system from the viewpoint of companies, university career centres and external organisations involved in recruitment. Using in-depth interviews with these stakeholders, this study investigates how recruitment practices in Japan have changed, which guidelines for recruitment are currently followed by companies, and to what extent traditional recruitment practices still prevail. As the results show, recruiting activities in Japan have accelerated over the last years with companies trying to recruit university students early in their studies to secure qualified talents. This article also discusses the implications of these findings for Japan and other industrialised countries with similar demographic problems.
The growing concerns about climate change have seen global leaders and the international community launch diverse initiatives, deals and reforms in an attempt to combat its negative impact. In response to these initiatives, corporates are increasingly prioritising environmental sustainability practices, such as reducing resource use, recycling and redesigning products and services to transition to sustainable operations, as a means of promoting trust and credibility, increasing their reputation and protecting the planet. However, the extant literature does not provide a clear understanding of the determinants of promoting corporate environmental sustainability practices (CESPs). Thus, drawing upon both resource‐based views (RBVs) of the firm and the economic views of neo‐institutional theory (NIT), this study examined the role of employee organisational commitment (EOC) and organisation innovation culture (IC) in promoting CESP. This quantitative study collected the required data through a questionnaire survey of senior to mid‐level managers of a total of 201 Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE)‐listed and non‐listed firms. A two‐step structural equation modelling (SEM) technique, employing SmartPLS, was followed to test the study's hypothesised associations. The findings provide evidence of a direct association between EOC and CESP and an indirect association through IC. Our findings are robust as alternative models were developed and tested based on different control and instrumental variables relating to organisational characteristics. The findings of the study contribute to the environmental sustainability literature by providing empirical evidence of the importance of EOC and IC in promoting CESP. Further, the findings inform managers, governments, foreign investors and other stakeholders on the importance of building EOC and developing suitable cultural practices within an organisation that promote CESP.
Global governance systems, including international organizations (IOs), turn to academic experts to achieve a variety of policy‐related outcomes. Existing scholarship offers valuable insights into the two main functions of expertise for international organizations–instrumental and symbolic. I draw on network analysis to propose a third function–political instrumentalism–where IOs use experts' degree of connectedness to other actors to exert influence in politicized areas of policymaking and in domestic contexts in which they are less well‐networked. To this end, IOs foster epistemic communities through networks that have the characteristics of small‐world and scale‐free networks. I illustrate this with a descriptive network analysis of the International Organization for Migration's work in migrant health. Analyzing data from IOM documentation (2016–2022), I find that IOM fosters a complex (small world and scale‐free) network through an epistemic community in which academics and researchers hold powerful positions. These positions in the network can help to serve political instrumental purposes to expand IOM's influence and visibility in domestic environments in a highly politicized area of policymaking–migrant health.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), often referred to as the “World Court,” plays a central role in the field of international law. Despite the significance of this court, socio-legal scholarship has not examined the ICJ’s inner workings due to limited access. Drawing from field theory and organizational theory, this study addresses this gap by using various data sources including interviews, organizational documents, and publicly available texts from insiders. Based on this data, this article explores how the ICJ’s institutional context shapes its organization and the experiences of its actors. We argue that the ICJ provides a space that tightly connects institutional myths, organizational practices, and individual action. This tight coupling effectively mediates and manages differences among ICJ actors, fostering a stable practice of international law within a field otherwise marked by conflict. This enables the ICJ to produce and sustain a specific way of doing international law which has stabilizing effects in this field. By linking the macro level of the field – an area emphasized in prior scholarship – with a microlevel organizational perspective, this article offers a nuanced understanding of the conflicts and organizational practices influencing the ICJ’s operations and development of international law.
Supply chain governance has emerged as a transformative strategy with the potential to change the dynamics of disruptions which hinges on state trade policies. This study seeks to explore the fundamental role of state governance in building resilient and sustainable supply chain systems in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The study employed quantitative based correlation analysis, with data spanning between 2015-2022 in examining the intricate relationships and the effects it has on resilience of supply chain governance and economic growth. Empirical findings reveals an inverse relationship between logistics performance, imports and exports. This implies that, strengthening of logistics infrastructure impacts the internal dependence of state resources raising self-sufficiency levels in the economy. The positive correlation between logistics performance and Gross Domestic Product emphasizes the need to expand the logistics infrastructure across the country which could inadvertently drive high Foreign Direct Investment flows and economic growth led resilience supply chain governance.
This study explores how the use of a standard‐based Innovation Management System approach influences the legitimacy for innovation management—a management discipline often subject to innovation fads and fashions. Utilizing neo institutional theory as a lens, we explore how this approach increased legitimacy for innovation management in case studies of two large organizations, and how this in turn affected innovation activities. Theoretically, we contribute by adding construct clarity to the concept of legitimacy, in relation to management systems, and by increasing understanding of the role of legitimacy in innovation activities. Managerial implications include the potential use of an Innovation Management Systems Standard to create a common language for innovation, to systematize innovation efforts and improve the perceived seriosity of innovation management, which in turn enables more robust and continuous innovation efforts in organizations.
The purpose of this article is to present an academic system established in Mexican public higher education, which has a determining influence on the configuration of part-time faculty, and on the academic career in general. The theoretical reference is the perspective of policy regimes (ideas, institutional arrangements, and actors), discussed through the conceptual tool called causal factors: structural-economic, political-normative, and institutional. These factors determine the system and act as both constraining and, at the same time, stimulating elements of the current academic and work situation of part-time faculty. For the development of this argument, a documentary-type methodological approach is proposed, based on a descriptive case study of two state public universities in Mexico: The University of Guadalajara and the Autonomous University of Querétaro. From both perspectives, a series of premises, reflections, and conclusions emerge which seek to contribute to the study field of the academic career and this emerging actor.
Why is human cooperation so prevalent? This paper identifies one potential reason for the prevalence of cooperation in human populations. People acquire social behaviors—cooperative or exploitative—from other people through cultural transmission. There is a previously unrecognized characteristic of cultural transmission—disproportionate prior exposure—that creates an evolutionary force toward cooperation: individuals who have acquired a cooperative or exploitative behavior through cultural transmission tend disproportionately to have been targets of that behavior prior to acquiring it. Thus, individuals who have acquired cooperative behavior through cultural transmission have disproportionately benefited from the cooperative behavior of others, while individuals who have acquired exploitative behavior through cultural transmission have disproportionately been hurt by the exploitative behavior of others. Because the benefits of being a target of cooperative behavior tend to make a person more influential as a behavioral model (i.e., tend to increase that person's cultural fitness), the disproportionate prior exposure inherent in cultural transmission creates an evolutionary force toward cooperation. A simple formal analysis reveals an evolutionary force toward cooperation under a minimal set of conditions previously believed to make the evolution of cooperation impossible—one-shot prisoner's dilemmas with no option to exit played between strangers in a large, randomly mixing population. Attention to this evolutionary force is likely to advance our understanding of the prevalence of cooperation.
The “Charitable Choice” provision of the 1996 welfare reform legislation requires states that contract with nonprofit organizations for delivery of social services to include religious organizations as eligible contractees. This legislation altered the conditions under which religious organizations can provide publicly funded social services. I use data from the National Congregations Study, a 1998 survey of a nationally representative sample of 1,236 religious congregations, to address two questions: To what extent will congregations seek government support for social service activity? Which subsets of congregations are most likely to take advantage of these new opportunities? Univariate statistics show that more than one-third of congregations are potentially open to pursuing government funds to support social service activities. Multivariate analyses show that liberal and moderate congregations are much more likely than conservative congregations to pursue charitable-choice opportunities, and predominantly African American congregations are particularly likely to move in this direction. These results are consistent with sociological theory and research, but they are surprising in the context of the national politics of charitable choice.
Research on civil society organizations’ advocacy has predominantly centered on examining societal and organizational structures as determining which organizations that engage in advocacy endeavors and whether they achieve influence. This structural determinism has instigated a growing body of research within the field emphasizing the agency of actors. Thus far, this new body of literature has tended to examine advocacy at the organizational level, thereby neglecting the impact of individual actors. This neglection is inconsistent with a related branch of organization studies, specifically the neo-institutional field, which long has recognized the relevance of studying individual actors’ role in change processes. This paper argues that it is similarly relevant to study the agency of individual actors in civil society organizations’ political advocacy. Through an archival case study utilizing analytical frameworks stemming from the neo-institutional concept of institutional entrepreneurship, the study examines how an individual actor influenced the law preparing process preceding the Danish Aliens Act of 1983. By outlining the significant impact of an individual actor in a legislative process, the paper underscores the need to integrate individual agency into civil society advocacy research to achieve a more comprehensive understanding of civil society organizations’ advocacy.
How does a daring idea like the utopia of affordable housing weather a century of change? The persistence of institutions—shared meanings that shape individual actions—is a central feature of organizational life. Recent scholarship stresses that institutions endure not because they are static but because they evolve as individuals maintain them. However, the search for micro-foundations has sidelined the macro-conditions of such dynamic persistence. Building on structural studies of meaning, we propose and illustrate a new, complementary theory-method package that can reveal how ideas are embedded and evolve in meaning structures. Dynamic modeling of discourse (DMD) tracks changing cultural meanings over time, doing justice to the assumption that institutional persistence can result from fluid changes in how institutions are instantiated as observable patterns of interactions at any given time. We develop three diagnostic measures for tracking both institutions and their instantiations in large corpora. Applying DMD to a 140-year corpus of reports of the City of Vienna, Austria, we show that the persistence of public housing as an institution was possible due to periodically changing instantiations—such as whether public housing policies subsidize landlords or tenants—with shifting affiliations to broader meanings. Our paper unlocks methodological doors to a dynamic, contextual approach to studying institutions that complements archival and ethnographic methods. It allows researchers to test theory-led expectations about persistence and provides a mixed-methods tool for historical research on organizations. We conclude with implications for structural studies of meaning, persistence, and change.
We examined the current field identity of Islamic banks and its evolution. We conducted interviews with 44 Sharia (Islamic law) scholars and related professionals in the fields of Islamic and conventional banking, representing nine jurisdictions. We found that Islamic banks are still hybrid organizations belonging to two equally powerful fields of Islamic law (Sharia) and conventional banking. Consequently, Islamic banks abide by two completely different institutional logics. The hybrid identity of Islamic banks resultantly became static due to institutional pressures exerted by both root fields. We discuss how hybrid fields evolve focusing on the conditions that prevent hybrid field identities from becoming independent. We also contribute to the literature on elastic hybrid identity of organizations by theorizing an elastic fatigue model. Finally, we suggest some practical motions to boost the static hybrid identity of Islamic banks and transform it to an elastic one.
The growth of today’s digitalization trend goes along with an active and influential role of other fundamental factors in organizational development (e.g., people, processes). Excelling in these factors boosts efficiency and helps achieve strategic goals, for which support is needed. In recent years, studies concentrate on organizational maturity to describe (and sometimes prescribe) how to gradually progress along these factors by means of different maturity levels. However, those studies focus on examining a set of factors influencing maturity (such as the digitalization of work practices), but are not necessarily comprehensive in factors and sometimes fail to offer concrete measurement instruments for various application purposes. Novelty in our study resides in scrutinizing whether a decision tree approach can help organizations in quickly assessing their current maturity level in addition to the conventional ways of maturity model measurement or scale development studies. We select one maturity model (MM) in this domain and build a decision tree to distinguish an organization’s current maturity level of digital work. We also examine our proposed method in two rounds of a field study within a large public sector organization. Our objective is twofold. First, we extend an existing MM in a relevant domain for which a self-assessment instrument is still lacking. Secondly, from a design-science research perspective, we explore an alternative approach to build and test a straightforward self-assessment artefact in order to extend the literature from a methodological point of view. As a result, practitioners can profit from the provided and easy-to-use self-assessment instrument when digitalizing their work practices.
Organizing vision (OV) theory, developed more than 25 years ago, posits a broad, diverse, and collective envisioning process at the heart of information technology innovation and diffusion. We revisit the theory and review more than 150 publications that have referenced the original paper, seeking to ascertain how the theory has been found useful in addressing innovation with information technology. We group and analyze these contributions according to how the promotion, reception, and enactment of organizing visions engage participants in bringing about change. In our review we find that a varied group of some 46 technologies and their OVs have been studied. We consider how these contributions have also drawn from and spoken to related theories, topics, and literatures, finding that the influence of OV theory has largely been confined to the information systems field. Looking to the future, we address: (i) whether newer technologies in the changing digitized world are problematic for OV theory; (ii) how the overall engagement mechanism comprising promotion, reception, and enactment can be more deeply understood; and (iii) how OV theory can speak more effectively beyond traditional IS disciplinary bounds. Building especially on the more recent contributions, we propose a reimagining of the theory with which to guide its continued development and application.
This study investigates the moderating effects of positive and negative reciprocity on the relationship between institutional environment dimensions—cognitive and normative institutions—and innovativeness on early-stage entrepreneurial activities. Utilizing logistic regression models and data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Adult Population Survey (APS) and the Global Preferences Survey (GPS) across 21 countries, which contains over 22,000 identified individuals, the findings reveal significant insights into how these institutional factors, innovativeness and reciprocity influence entrepreneurial activities globally. As a result of the analysis, (1) contrary to the predominant view that innovativeness universally promotes entrepreneurial success, this study identifies a significant negative relationship between innovativeness and early-stage entrepreneurial activities. (2) Positive reciprocity moderates the effects of both normative institutions and innovativeness, reducing the positive impact of normative institutions while mitigating the negative impact of innovativeness on entrepreneurial activities. (3) Conversely, negative reciprocity significantly amplifies the effects of both normative institutions and innovativeness, intensifying the positive impact of normative institutions and exacerbating the negative impact of innovativeness. By incorporating data from diverse national contexts, this research contributes to a comprehensive understanding of the factors affecting entrepreneurial activities and emphasizes the importance of fostering balanced social interactions. This approach aims to enhance the growth and sustainability of entrepreneurial activities globally, offering valuable insights for national policy development focused on sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems.
Although the literature widely discusses the role of academics as experts in public policy making, empirical case studies on ethical problems related to the production and implementation of health policy are scarce. During COVID‐19, the Swedish policy document (PD) National Principles for Prioritization in Intensive Care under Extraordinary Conditions was produced in collaboration with 11 academic experts. Based on a case study, this article examines ethical problems related to the production and implementation of this PD by conducting an analysis of key PDs directed at caregivers during this time. Three ethical problems are identified and analyzed, which relate to starting points, the content of the PD, and the implementation. This study provides strong theoretical support for Jonathan Wolff's model of engaged political philosophy, as well as practical support on avoiding undesirable consequences of policy making and preparing academics for expert roles in public policy.
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Scholars have long attended to both the persistence and change of institutional logic–identity constellations, but we know less about why and how organizational members might cling to a logic despite its evident maladaptive character and the resulting emotional upheaval. Based on a 5‐year ethnography of a conservation organization's paramilitary campaign against rhino poaching, we induct a process model to show how the crisis‐induced adoption of a new logic and the corresponding identity work can have path‐dependent effects that tip hopeful heroism into cynical martyrdom and a dogged commitment to a maladaptive logic, with negative organizational implications. We identify three forms of identity work that act as self‐reinforcing mechanisms of this path dependence: polarizing , normalizing , and cynical coping . Elaborating the intersection of scholarship on institutions, identity work, identification, and path dependence, we explain how an initially valorized identity can twist into a darker, dysfunctional version of itself, with path‐dependent mechanisms contributing to organizational rigidity in the face of crises.
В статье представлена модель поведения современного крестьянина, которая отражает долгосрочную институциональную ситуацию сельскохозяйственных организаций в контексте в целом положительной макродинамики агропромышленного комплекса последних двух десятилетий. Цель работы — анализ экономического поведения сельскохозяйственных организаций (СХО) в контексте регулирующих и конструирующих функций современных институтов, представляемых в двух стандартных форматах: через «неформальную социологическую призму» нарративов и практик и через «экономическую призму» бухгалтерской отчетности и финансовых показателей. Статья выполнена в традициях неоинституционального анализа в предметных областях экономики и социологии сельского хозяйства. Для изучения поведенческих характеристик СХО методологически применялись стандартные приемы экономического анализа параллельно с качественными методами социологического исследования. Как показало наше исследование, динамика различных по размерам СХО в целом гомогенна и постоянна. Институциональная формальная динамика нивелирует возможные отрицательные «непредвиденные последствия» тех или иных сильно рискованных неформальных действий руководителей СХО, просто «глупых» решений. Институциональная формальная динамика также воспроизводит рутины динамики занятости рабочей силы СХО и в итоге тем самым воспроизводит сельские территории «в прежнем виде». Авторы этой статьи склонны считать, что аналитика трудного различения ожидаемых и непредвиденных последствий приводит нас к простой научной метафоре: крестьянин всё делает рационально, не осознавая свой калькулятор в голове. Этому его учат практика СХО, практика его жизни и деятельности на селе и тот его «хабитус» (система установок на правильное действие), который не позволяет ему «пропасть бесцельно». Иными словами, люди на селе делают вывод о мотивах своего экономического поведения постфактум (post hoc), не обращая внимания на меню законных учётных записей, которые ему дают форматы долгосрочной бухгалтерской и финансовой отчётности. Особо подчеркнём, что для многих директоров СХО показанная им отчётность была «просто в диковинку», они о ней никогда и не думали, а просто делали своё дело.
Коллективная монография «Амбивалентность власти в экономике XXI века: примеры из России и других стран» под редакцией проф. В. В. Радаева и доц. З. В. Котельниковой, опубликованная издательством Лондонского университетского колледжа “UCL Press” и представленная для читателей в свободном доступе [32; 19], — это результат широкого сотрудничества исследователей из разных стран, городов России и исследовательских групп, ядром которого выступил научный коллектив «Лаборатории исследований экономической социологии Высшей школы экономики». Семнадцать статей рецензируемой книги построены вокруг метафоры «амбивалентность власти», которая как вводимая в оборот дефиниция претендует на субститут «политической амбивалентности». Этот термин был представлен и разработан в школе теорий «среднего радиуса действия» Роберта Мертона, и, как комментировали его ученики, дефиниция «амбивалентность» наряду с «иронией» являлись основой его «социологической мудрости». «Огромная любовь к фактам, которая должна быть у любого хорошего социолога, связана с осознанием того, что факты не говорят сами за себя. Роберт Мертон нашёл в иронии и амбивалентности правильные инструменты для преодоления непреодолимой дистанции между фактами и интерпретациями, между недостижимой объективностью и неизбежно личной точкой зрения исследователя, лежащей в основе его размышлений и научных построений» [28]. В рецензируемой книге продолжена эта конструктивная традиция и дана разработка концептуальной системы отсчёта для многих примеров «ограниченной рациональности» в формате «амбивалентности», выполненных путём постановки одного и того же набора вопросов в разнообразных ракурсах, что создало конструктивную парадигмальную основу для различных точек зрения и объектов изучения отдельными авторами. Критически подходя ко всем подразделам книги, составляющим её теоретико-эмпирический каркас, надо подчеркнуть, что они заставляют задуматься о том, что базовый термин «амбивалентность власти», вероятнее всего, представляет собой дефиницию, отображающую некую «зонтичную концепцию» (“umbrella concept”), которая заключается в выпуске под одним брэндом «Лаборатории исследований экономической социологии Высшей школы экономики» НИУ ВШЭ сразу нескольких групп научных продуктов. Под логотипом НИУ ВШЭ уютно устроились представители различных научных направлений, чьи статьи отражают исследования на разных стадиях завершённости. Зонтичный подход придаёт новый импульс стратегии продвижения брэнда Лаборатории, к 15-летию которой приурочена рецензируемая книга. Оценивая работу критически, нужно отметить, что многие её статьи, создавая контексты возврата к прошлому из нашего настоящего, являются освежающе неортодоксальными по своей тональности и содержанию. Создается впечатление, что знаменитая новая экономическая социология рискует увязнуть в своих собственных анти-неоклассических ортодоксиях. На это указывает очевидное смешение понятий «амбивалентности», «оппортунизма» и «ограниченной рациональности», что заставляет нас вернуться к предтечам предлагаемой теоретической конструкции. Как всегда в коллекциях статей такого рода, выводы различаются по тематике и качеству, но вместе с тем в монографии имеется достаточно много действительно стимулирующих произведений с научным вызовом тем, кто интересуется вопросами, связывающими современную экономику с современным обществом. Для авторов является большой честью представить в научном журнале «Сибирский социум» данную критическую рецензию на эту уникальную коллективную монографию, которая является одной из самых значимых книг, изданных в последнее время в предметной области экономической социологии.
Materiality is a key principle enabling organizations to determine what information to disclose, serving as both a filtering mechanism and a strategic tool shaped by institutional dynamics. Institutional logics, which inform and legitimize organizational practices, significantly influence accountability and reporting processes, including the application of materiality. Effective water management is essential for sustainable development, making the water industry a key sector for exploring materiality and stakeholder engagement within sustainability strategies. This study explores the integration of the materiality principle, stakeholder engagement, and related organizational practices into the sustainability strategies and reporting of the European water industry between 2020 and 2022. Through content analysis of sustainability reports from 26 European water utilities, the study identifies three primary stakeholder engagement approaches: one‐way communication, dialogic interaction, and multi‐directional dialog. The prevailing trend is a dialogic approach that has evolved over time, though concerns about its relevance and effectiveness remain. Additionally, the study examines disclosed material topics, noting a dominant focus on environmental concerns and health and safety, with economic and governance issues receiving comparatively less attention. It emphasizes the need to improve the materiality process by integrating insights from accounting research into organizational practices and underscores the importance of effective stakeholder engagement for fostering trust and collaboration, particularly in vital sectors like water management. The findings offer valuable perspectives for policymakers, emphasizing the need to design robust mechanisms that promote stakeholder engagement. While progress in this area in recent years is evident, as demonstrated by this research, it must quickly evolve into a fundamental component of effective water management to avoid the risk of becoming merely an organizational façade.
This paper advances the theory of Configurational Field Analysis (CFA) as a reconfiguration of Pierre Bourdieu’s field theory, aiming to address the limitations of Global Field Theory in analyzing the complexities of global and transnational phenomena. While the concept of the Global Field extended Bourdieu’s ideas to transnational and global arenas, it has been critiqued for its structural determinism, Eurocentrism, and its inability to fully capture the fluid, indeterminate, and contingent nature of global social dynamics. In response, this paper introduces social configurations as dynamic, relational constructs that emerge from specific historical and contextual conditions, rather than as fixed and universal structures. By integrating the concept of social configurations into field theory, CFA reconceptualizes social spaces as fluid and contested arenas where power, capital, and influence are continually negotiated. The paper proceeds by revisiting the foundations and critiques of Global Field Theory, followed by the introduction of social configurations and their theoretical advantages. Finally, it presents Configurational Field Analysis as a comprehensive framework, detailing its analytical steps and demonstrating its applicability to contemporary global issues. This framework not only addresses the methodological and analytical gaps in Global Field Theory but also offers a more adaptable and context-sensitive approach for understanding the complexities of global interactions.
How do we understand the multiplicity of crises the world is currently facing? This paper presents a new thesis: They are all interconnected and can be traced back to the single root cause of an outdated understanding of democracy. “Partitioning representation”, making one mark on a ballot every few years and having every world citizen represented just by their government in supranational affairs, is no longer effective. It was successful in Western societies and world society in the 1950s to 1980s because group identities enabled the generation of democratic self-efficacy among citizens. Individualism, mediatization and globalization have ended that. Instead, we need to give more responsibility to citizens and civil society in the political process, a model that is referred to as Civil Democracy. It provides the essential tools to shift from escalating problems to solving them.
Bu çalışma örgütlerin kurumsal analizi hakkındadır. Örgütlerin ve yönetimin kurumsal bakış açısıyla çalışılması sosyolojiden aktarılan kavramlarla uzunca zamandır devam etmektedir. “Örgüt ve yönetim sosyolojisi” alanında dünyada ortaya çıkan oldukça kapsamlı bilgi birikimi Türkiye “idare tahlillerinde” sınırlı kullanıma sahiptir. Eski kurumsal kuram, örgüt-kurum ayrımı yapıp kurumsallaşmış örgütleri incelerken; Yeni Kurumsal Kuram, örgütü hem teknik hem simge değeri olan yapı olarak tanımlamış, örgütün çevresini teknik ve kurumsal olmak üzere ikiye ayırmıştır. Nispeten daha yeni olan üçüncü kol kurumsal çalışmalar ise kurumların ortaya çıkmaları, evrimlenmeleri ve ortadan kalkmalarını inceleme konusu yapmaktadır. Yeni Kurumsal Kuram, örgütlerin varlıklarını sürdürebilmeleri için teknik etkinliğin yeterli olmadığını aynı zamanda meşru kabul edilmeye ihtiyaç duydukları tespitini yapar. Örgütlerin kurumsal çevresi örgüt üzerinde üç tür kurumsal baskı yapar: Düzenleyici, bilişsel, normatif. Kurallar (düzenleyici baskı), inşa edilen anlamlar (bilişsel baskı) ve paylaşılan değerler (normatif baskı) örgüt yapı ve davranışlarını biçimlendirir. Aynı baskılara maruz kalan örgütlerin yapı ve davranışları eşbiçimli olur.
Mozambique introduced its cervical cancer screening programme in 2009, but only 3.5% of the target women participate in screening annually. While previous research has focused on provision and access to service, and women's cognitive barriers to screening, this study explores the emotional factors, particularly pudor , that affect women's acceptance of screening. Using an institutional work perspective, we conducted an explanatory case study involving documental analysis and primary data collection through semi‐structured interviews, focus group discussions, direct observations, and informal conversations with 121 participants, including women, health professionals, and family members from Xai‐Xai in Southern Mozambique. Our findings reveal that pudor , an emotion tied to a deep‐seated sense of reserve rooted in patriarchal culture and masculine dominance, plays a significant role in limiting women's motivation to participate in screening. This emotion, shaped by social and cultural norms around privacy, intimacy, and sexuality, leads women to view cervical cancer screening as culturally unacceptable, often responding with attitudes emphasising modesty and avoidance. These findings underscore the importance of addressing emotional factors in health care strategies and considering the sociocultural context that influences health behaviours.
This article aims to investigate the experience of clustering policy adopted by Morocco and demonstrate the positive effects of this agglomeration on the development of a given sector. For our study, we chose the case of the Menara Cluster based in the city of Marrakech, specializing in agri - food and cosmetics. Our theoretical study allows us to classify the cluster as an industrial district, upon which we shed light on the success of this policy.
This study investigates the impact of carbon risk on tax avoidance strategies, analyzing a dataset comprising 854 American corporations observed from 2015 to 2022. By using the two‐stage least squares (2SLS) regression method with instrumental variables, the findings provide evidence that carbon risk increases tax avoidance. Furthermore, institutional investors moderate this relationship by attenuating the positive impact of carbon risk on tax avoidance. This paper offers an in‐depth understanding of the impact of carbon risk on tax avoidance, enriching the debate on what constitutes good and bad business practices. Additionally, it adds new attributes to explore the fundamental question of what makes business good? Finally, it highlights some recommendations to advance the dialog on the concept of organizing for social good.
The impact of transnational influences in the making of postwar sociology in the United States is often acknowledged. However, phenomenology is rarely counted among these influences in spite of its apparently oversized impact on disciplinary development during a critical period of intellectual contention. This article sheds light on this process through an analysis of the impact and legacy of social phenomenologist and European intellectual migrant Alfred Schutz (1899–1959). After 1960, Schutz’s theoretical writings became a powerful resource for innovators and critics in the discipline. What is unexplained is the sudden rise to prominence of Schutzian phenomenology in theoretical and methodological debates in American sociology, and the way phenomenological insights became incorporated into the discipline. The article identifies three translational strategies employed by translator-agents in the incorporation of Schutzian phenomenology into American sociology. The article not only discusses the peculiar history of Schutz’s ideas, but also uses Schutz’s theoretical framework to develop the concept of translational work and demonstrate its relevance for the disciplinary assimilation of ideas across intellectual contexts.
This chapter aims to address the role of institutional entrepreneurs of sustainability exercised by the manager in the organization, and in society, from within it. To this end, the theoretical concepts of Organizational Institutionalism are applied. The institutionalization of sustainability in organizations, understood as the acceptance, inclusion and cultural and operational dissemination of these values, alters the role of managers. Its influence may transcend the organization, which may imply that the manager adopts an active role in championing, promoting and facilitating changes that may break with the dominant institutional logic in society. This may even be reflected in the professional and personal commitments assumed, in the acceptances, values, culture and behaviors shared and disseminated. Several current examples are presented by managers who could play this active role as influencers, or even as social activists for sustainability.
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