John C. Lammers

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conceptualized the roots of cognitive, linguistic, and communicative theories of institutions and outlined the promise and potential of a stronger communication focus for institutional theory, and outlined a theoretical approach that puts communication at the heart of theories of institution, institutional maintenance, and change, and label this approach communicative institutionalism.

TL;DR: The authors define institutions as constellations (i.e., relatively fixed arrangements) of formalized rational beliefs manifested in individuals' organizing behaviors, including membership, rational myths, isomorphism, and decision hierarchies.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider the institutionality of messages in terms of their endurance, reach, encumbency, and intentionality, and argue that institutional messages carry institutional logics, patterns of beliefs and rules.

TL;DR: In this paper, a study of 147 volunteers at a midwestern crisis and information telephone service found that demographic and motivational variables may be more predictive than attitudes toward their work of volunteer commitment and tenure.

TL;DR: In this paper, a multilevel confirmatory factor analysis of measures of professional identity constructs from a national sample of physicians nested in diverse practice organizations is presented, which demonstrated the empirical independence of belonging, attachment, and beliefs across multiple levels of analysis.