Analysing institutional change in environmental governance: exploring the concept of ‘institutional work’
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DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2016.1257423
Abstract: Institutional work focuses on the role of actors in creating, maintaining, or disrupting institutional structures. The concept has its origin in organisational studies. In this paper, we rethink and redefine institutional work to make it… read more here.
Keywords: work; environmental governance; institutional change; institutional work ... See more keywords
A narrative perspective on institutional work in environmental governance – insights from a beach nourishment case study in Sweden
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DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2018.1459512
Abstract: Institutional work offers a promising lens for understanding institutional change, focusing on the efforts of actors in creating, maintaining or disrupting institutions. In this paper, we explore the capacity of a narrative approach to provide… read more here.
Keywords: beach nourishment; work; case study; institutional work ... See more keywords
Maintaining and disrupting global-North hegemony/global-South dependence in a local African sport for development organisation: the role of institutional work
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DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2018.1550797
Abstract: ABSTRACT Recently, conceptual developments in the field of institutional theory, such as institutional work, that refer to the practices and processes of individuals and organisations aimed at creating, maintaining and disrupting institutions, have emphasised how… read more here.
Keywords: maintaining disrupting; sport development; sport; development ... See more keywords
The Emergence of Proto‐Institutions in the New Normal Business Landscape: Dialectic Institutional Work and the Dutch Drone Industry
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DOI: 10.1111/joms.12540
Abstract: ABSTRACT In the current business landscape, in which technology-enabled entrepreneurship is part of the New Normal, regulatory institutional structures are in constant flux. Previous studies have framed the challenges facing entrepreneurs in mature organizational fields… read more here.
Keywords: business landscape; normal business; proto; new normal ... See more keywords
Policing Work: Emotions and Violence in Institutional Work
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DOI: 10.1177/0170840620941614
Abstract: We merge research on institutional policing with the growing interest in violence in organization studies to explore how citizen enforcement of regulations can evoke emotion and even, under certain circumstances, turn violent. We draw on… read more here.
Keywords: work; work emotions; violence institutional; emotions violence ... See more keywords
Institutional Work and Brand Strategy in the Contested Cannabis Market
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DOI: 10.1177/02761467211029243
Abstract: How can brands adopt institutional work towards establishing themselves in a highly contested market? Defining contested markets as fields in which the plural logics of the market are in tension with each other and/or with… read more here.
Keywords: work brand; work; cannabis market; institutional work ... See more keywords
Government at (Institutional) Work: The State and Market Dynamics
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DOI: 10.1177/02761467221133759
Abstract: The state remains an undertheorized actor in studies of market change. Further, when the state's market-shaping activities are considered, they are generally characterized by notions of control over, or conflict with, market actors. In this… read more here.
Keywords: state; government institutional; state market; institutional work ... See more keywords
Sociomateriality and Affect in Institutional Work: Constructing the Identity of Start-Up Entrepreneurs
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DOI: 10.1177/1056492617743591
Abstract: Identity construction as a form of institutional work has mainly been studied from discursive perspectives. We examine how the identity of start-up entrepreneurs is constructed within the sociomaterial setting of a major start-up and technology… read more here.
Keywords: work; sociomateriality affect; identity start; start entrepreneurs ... See more keywords
Exploring the development of the accounting profession in Kuwait: an institutional work analysis
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DOI: 10.21511/ppm.16(3).2018.23
Abstract: Purpose – this paper investigated the development of accounting profession in Kuwait by examining the processes involved in creating, maintaining and disrupting the development of accounting profession in Kuwait. Design/methodology/approach – this paper adopted a… read more here.
Keywords: accounting profession; work; development accounting; institutional work ... See more keywords
Maintaining the Values of a Profession: Institutional Work and Moral Emotions in the Emergency Department
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DOI: 10.5465/amj.2013.0870
Abstract: Specialization within professions creates challenges for maintaining the macro-level values of the profession in the everyday work of specialists at the micro level inside organizations. Conducting a qualitative study of Emergency Department physicians and their… read more here.
Keywords: values profession; work; moral emotions; emergency department ... See more keywords