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Institutions - the structures, practices, and meanings that define what people and organizations think, do, and aspire to - are created through process. They are 'work in progress' that involves continual efforts to maintain, modify, or disturb them. Institutional logics are also in motion, holding varying degrees of dominance that change over time. This volume brings together two streams of thought within organization theory - institutional theory and process perspective - to advocate for stronger process ontology that highlights institutions as emergent, generative, political, and social. A stronger process view allows us to challenge our understanding of central concepts within institutional theory, such as 'loose coupling', 'institutional work', the work of institutional logics on the ground, and institutionalization between diffusion and translation. Enriched with an emphasis on practice and widened by taking a broad view of institutions, this volume draws on the Ninth International Symposium on Process Organization Studies to offer key insights that will inform our thinking of institutions as processes.
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Institutions and Organizations
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Perspectives on Process Organization Studies Series Editors: Ann Langley and Haridimos Tsoukas
Perspectives on Process Organization Studies is an annual series, linked to the International Symposium on Process Organization Studies, and is dedicated to the development of an understanding of organizations and organizing at large as processes in the making. This series brings together contributions from leading scholars, which focus on seeing dynamically evolving activities, interactions, and events as important aspects of organized action, rather than static structures and fixed templates. Volume 1: Process, Sensemaking, and Organizing Editors: Tor Hernes and Sally Maitlis Volume 2: Constructing Identity in and around Organizations Editors: Majken Schultz, Steve Maguire, Ann Langley, and Haridimos Tsoukas Volume 3: How Matter Matters: Objects, Artifacts, and Materiality in Organization Studies Editors: Paul R. Carlile, Davide Nicolini, Ann Langley, and Haridimos Tsoukas Volume 4: Language and Communication at Work: Discourse, Narrativity, and Organizing Editors: François Cooren, Eero Vaara, Ann Langley, and Haridimos Tsoukas Volume 5: The Emergence of Novelty in Organizations Editors: Raghu Garud, Barbara Simpson, Ann Langley, and Haridimos Tsoukas Volume 6: Organizational Routines: How They Are Created, Maintained, and Changed Editors: Jennifer Howard-Grenville, Claus Rerup, Ann Langley, and Haridimos Tsoukas Volume 7: Skillful Performance: Enacting Capabilities, Knowledge, Competence, and Expertise in Organizations Editors: Jörgen Sandberg, Linda Rouleau, Ann Langley, and Haridimos Tsoukas Volume 8: Dualities, Dialectics, and Paradoxes in Organizational Life Editors: Moshe Farjoun, Wendy Smith, Ann Langley, and Haridimos Tsoukas Volume 9: Institutions and Organizations: A Process View Editors: Trish Reay, Tammar B. Zilber, Ann Langley, and Haridimos Tsoukas
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Institutions and Organizations A Process View Edited by Trish Reay, Tammar B. Zilber, Ann Langley, and Haridimos Tsoukas
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