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The Recomposition of an Organizational Field: Health Care in Alberta
Trish Reay,C. R. Hinings +1 more
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In this paper, the authors developed a theoretical model that helps to understand change in mature organizational fields by emphasizing the role of competing institutional logics as part of a radical change process.Abstract:
In this paper we develop a theoretical model that helps to understand change in mature organizational fields by emphasizing the role of competing institutional logics as part of a radical change process. Our investigation into a large-scale, government-led health reform initiative in Alberta, Canada, is based upon a qualitative case study approach to understanding the process of field recomposition. This study focuses on the later portions of change in an organizational field — that is, rather than explaining the sources of change, we investigate how a field becomes re-established after the implementation of a radical structural change.read more
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The iron cage revisited: Institutional isomorphism and collective rationality in organizational fields (Chinese Translation)
Paul DiMaggio,Walter W. Powell +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that rational actors make their organizations increasingly similar as they try to change them, and describe three isomorphic processes-coercive, mimetic, and normative.
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Institutional Complexity and Organizational Responses
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors draw on a variety of cognate literatures to discuss the field-level structural characteristics and organizational attributes that shape institutional complexity and explore the repertoire of strategies and structures that organizations deploy to cope with multiple, competing demands.
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Building sustainable hybrid organizations: the case of commercial microfinance organizations
Julie Battilana,Silvia Dorado +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore how new types of hybrid organizations (organizations that combine institutional logics in unprecedented ways) can develop and maintain their hybrid nature in the absence of a ready-to-w...
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How actors change institutions : Towards a theory of institutional entrepreneurship
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present theoretical and definitional issues associated with the concept and propose a conceptual account of institutional entrepreneurship that helps to accommodate them, and highlight future directions for research on institutional entrepreneurship, and conclude with a discussion of its role in strengthening institutional theory as well as in the field of organization studies.
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Managing the Rivalry of Competing Institutional Logics
Trish Reay,C. R. Hinings +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated an organizational field where competing institutional logics existed for a lengthy period of time and identified four mechanisms for managing the rivalry of competing logics that facilitated and strengthened the separate identities of key actors.
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The iron cage revisited institutional isomorphism and collective rationality in organizational fields
Paul DiMaggio,Walter W. Powell +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that rational actors make their organizations increasingly similar as they try to change them, and describe three isomorphic processes-coercive, mimetic, and normative.
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The art of case study research
TL;DR: In this article, an intensive study of case study research methods is presented, focusing on the Unique Case Research Questions and the Nature of Qualitative Research Data Gathering Analysis and Interpretation Case Researcher Roles Triangulation.
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Understanding Radical Organizational Change: Bringing Together the Old and the New Institutionalism
Royston Greenwood,C. R. Hinings +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors set out a framework for understanding organizational changes from the perspective of neo-institutional theory and examined the processes by which individual organizations retain, adopt, and discard templates for organizing, given the institutionalized nature of organizational fields.
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Theorizing Change: The Role of Professional Associations in the Transformation of Institutionalized Fields
TL;DR: The authors examines the role of professional associations in a changing, highly institutionalized organizational field and suggests that they play a significant role in legitimating change and suggest that professional associations play an important role in supporting change.