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Portrait of Mats Alvesson. Photo.

Mats Alvesson

Professor

Portrait of Mats Alvesson. Photo.

Uninhibited Institutionalisms

Author

  • Mats Alvesson
  • Tim Hallett
  • Andre Spicer

Summary, in English

Institutional theory (IT) is a very influential set of approaches in organization studies. There is increasing critique that the set is becoming uninhibited: too broad, dispersed, and confusing. Efforts to rejuvinate the field(s) have led to all-embracing definitions and efforts to account for too much, which makes it difficult to identify what is distinct about the assembly of research. This article discusses critically the state of IT and suggests some reconceptualizations of institution and institutional theory and points at some alternative lines of development.

Department/s

  • Department of Business Administration

Publishing year

2019-01-10

Language

English

Pages

119-127

Publication/Series

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volume

28

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Topic

  • Business Administration

Keywords

  • critique
  • institutional theory
  • reconceptualizations

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1056-4926