
Mats Alvesson
Professor

Uninhibited Institutionalisms
Author
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