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Thomas B. Lawrence

Bio: Thomas B. Lawrence is an academic researcher from University of Oxford. The author has contributed to research in topics: Institutional theory & Work (electrical). The author has an hindex of 49, co-authored 110 publications receiving 20427 citations. Previous affiliations of Thomas B. Lawrence include Simon Fraser University & University of Victoria.


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01 Jan 2017
TL;DR: Greenwood, Greenwood, Christine Oliver, Kerstin Sahlin and Roy Suddaby as mentioned in this paper discuss the work of Meanings in Institutional Processes and Thinking, and discuss the importance of meaning in organizational processes and thinking.
Abstract: Introduction - Royston Greenwood, Christine Oliver, Kerstin Sahlin and Roy Suddaby PART ONE: FOUNDATIONAL THEMES Legitimacy in Organizational Institutionalism - David L Deephouse and Marc Suchman Isomorphism, Diffusion and Decoupling - Eva Boxenbaum and Stefan Jonsson Institutional Logics - Patricia H Thornton and William Ocasio Organizational Fields - Melissa Wooten and Andrew J Hoffman Past, Present and Future PART TWO: INSTITUTIONAL DYNAMICS The Work of Meanings in Institutional Processes and Thinking - Tammar B Zilber Power, Institutions and Organizations - Thomas B Lawrence Institutional Entrepreneurship - Cynthia Hardy and Steve Maguire Circulating Ideas - Kerstin Sahlin and Linda Wedlin Imitation, Translation and Editing Organizational Implications of Institutional Pluralism - Matthew S Kraatz and Emily S. Block Microfoundations of Institutional Theory - Walter W Powell and Jeannette A. Colyvas Institutions and Transnationalization - Marie-Laure Djelic and Sigrid Quack PART THREE: APPLICATIONS Traditions as Institutionalized Practice - M Tina Dacin and Peter A Dacin Implications for de-institutionalization New Forms as Settlements - Hayagreeva Rao and Martin Kenney Social Movements and Failed Institutionalization - Gerald F Davis and Peter J J Anderson Corporate, (Non)Response to the AIDS Epidemic Institutions and Corporate Governance - Peer C Fiss PART FOUR: INTERFACES Beyond Constraint - Mary Ann Glynn How Institutions Enable Identities Institutionalism and the Professions - Kevin T Leicht and Mary L Fennell Institutionalism and Globalization Studies - Gili S Drori Organizational Institutionalism and Sociology - C R Hinings and Pamela S Tolbert A Reflection Coalface Institutionalism - Stephen R Barley New Sociology of Knowledge - Renate E Meyer Historical Legacy and Contributions Systems Theory, Societal Contexts and Organizational Heterogeneity - Raimund Hasse and Georg Kr cken Charting Progress at the Nexus of Institutional Theory and Economics - Peter W Roberts Ecologists and Institutionalists - Heather A Haveman and Robert J David Friends or Foes? Networks and Institutions - Jason Owen-Smith and Walter W Powell Institutional-Level Learning - Pamela Haunschild and David Chandler Learning as a Source of Institutional Change Social Movements and Institutional Analysis - Marc Schneiberg and Michael Lounsbury Examining 'Institutionalization' - David J Cooper, Mahmoud Ezzamel and Hugh Willmott A Critical Theoretic Perspective Taking Social Construction Seriously - Nelson Phillips and Namrata Malhotra Extending the Discursive Approach in Institutional Theory Institutional Leadership - Marvin Washington, Kimberly B Boal and John N Davis Past, Present and Future PART FIVE: REFLECTIONS Is the New Institutionalism a Theory? - Donald Palmer, Nicole Biggart and Brian Dick How to Misuse Institutions and Get Away with It - Barbara Czarniawska Some Reflections on Institutional Theory(ies) Been There, Done That, Moving on - Paul Hirsch Reflections on Institutional Theory's Continuing Evolution Reflections on Institutional Theories of Organizations - John W Meyer

2,347 citations

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TL;DR: The Handbook of Organization Studies as mentioned in this paper provides a retrospective and prospective overview of organization studies, providing a synthesis of knowledge and literature from the field of organizational studies, and provides an overview of the most significant issues to affect organization studies such as leadership, diversity and globalization.
Abstract: Providing a retrospective and prospective overview of organization studies, the Handbook continues to challenge and inspire readers with its synthesis of knowledge and literature. As ever, contributions have been selected to reflect the diversity of the field. New chapters cover areas such as organizational change; knowledge management; and organizational networks. Part One reflects on the relationship between theory, research and practice in organization studies. Part Two address a number of the most significant issues to affect organization studies such as leadership, diversity and globalization. Comprehensive and far-reaching, this important resource will set new standards for the understanding of organizational studies. It will be invaluable to researchers, teachers and advanced students alike.

2,211 citations

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TL;DR: In a qualitative study of the emerging field of HIV/AIDS treatment advocacy in Canada, it was found that institutional entrepreneurship involved three sets of critical activities: the occupation of “subject positions” that have wide legitimacy and bridge diverse stakeholders.
Abstract: In a qualitative study of the emerging field of HIV/AIDS treatment advocacy in Canada, we found that institutional entrepreneurship involved three sets of critical activities: (1) the occupation of “subject positions” that have wide legitimacy and bridge diverse stakeholders, (2) the theorization of new practices through discursive and political means, and (3) the institutionalization of these new practices by connecting them to stakeholders’ routines and values.

1,876 citations

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TL;DR: This paper developed a discursive model of institutionalization that highlights the relationships among texts, discourse, institutions, and action, and proposed a set of conditions under which institutionalization processes are most likely to occur, and conclude the article with an exploration of the model's implications for other areas of research.
Abstract: We argue that the processes underlying institutionalization have not been investigated adequately and that discourse analysis provides a coherent framework for such investigation. Accordingly, we develop a discursive model of institutionalization that highlights the relationships among texts, discourse, institutions, and action. Based on this discursive model, we propose a set of conditions under which institutionalization processes are most likely to occur, and we conclude the article with an exploration of the model's implications for other areas of research.

1,469 citations

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TL;DR: The authors argue that research on institutional work can contribute to bringing the individual back into institutional theory, help to re-examine the relationship between agency and institutions, and provide a bridge between critical and institutional views of organization.
Abstract: In this paper, we discuss an alternative focus for institutional studies of organization - the study of institutional work. Research on institutional work examines the practices of individual and collective actors aimed at creating, maintaining, and disrupting institutions. Our focus in this paper is on the distinctiveness of institutional work as a field of study and the potential it provides for the examination of new questions. We argue that research on institutional work can contribute to bringing the individual back into institutional theory, help to re-examine the relationship between agency and institutions, and provide a bridge between critical and institutional views of organization.

862 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, a systematic approach to new concept development and grounded theory articulation that is designed to bring "qualitative rigor" to the conduct and presentation of inductive research is presented.
Abstract: For all its richness and potential for discovery, qualitative research has been critiqued as too often lacking in scholarly rigor. The authors summarize a systematic approach to new concept development and grounded theory articulation that is designed to bring “qualitative rigor” to the conduct and presentation of inductive research.

6,189 citations

20 Jan 2017
TL;DR: The Grounded Theory: A Practical Guide through Qualitative Analysis as mentioned in this paper, a practical guide through qualitative analysis through quantitative analysis, is a good starting point for such a study.
Abstract: การวจยเชงคณภาพ เปนเครองมอสำคญอยางหนงสำหรบทำความเขาใจสงคมและพฤตกรรมมนษย การวจยแบบการสรางทฤษฎจากขอมล กเปนหนงในหลายระเบยบวธการวจยเชงคณภาพทกำลงไดรบความสนใจ และเปนทนยมเพมสงขนเรอยๆ จากนกวชาการ และนกวจยในสาขาสงคมศาสตร และศาสตรอนๆ เชน พฤตกรรมศาสตร สงคมวทยา สาธารณสขศาสตร พยาบาลศาสตร จตวทยาสงคม ศกษาศาสตร รฐศาสตร และสารสนเทศศกษา ดงนน หนงสอเรอง “ConstructingGrounded Theory: A Practical Guide through Qualitative Analysis” หรอ “การสรางทฤษฎจากขอมล:แนวทางการปฏบตผานการวเคราะหเชงคณภาพ” จะชวยใหผอานมความรความเขาใจถงพฒนาการของปฏบตการวจยแบบสรางทฤษฎจากขอมล ตลอดจนแนวทาง และกระบวนการปฏบตการวจยอยางเปนระบบ จงเปนหนงสอทควรคาแกการอานโดยเฉพาะนกวจยรนใหม เพอเปนแนวทางในการนำความรความเขาใจไประยกตในงานวจยของตน อกทงนกวจยผเชยวชาญสามารถอานเพอขยายมโนทศนดานวจยใหกวางขวางขน

4,417 citations

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3,628 citations