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The 'institutional' approach to organizational research has shown how enduring features of social life - such as marriage and bureaucracy - act as mechanisms of social control. Such approaches have traditionally focused attention on the relationships between organizations and the fields in which they operate, providing strong accounts of the processes through which institutions govern action. In contrast, the study of institutional work reorients these traditional concerns, shifting the focus to understanding how action affects institutions. This 2009 book sets a research agenda within the field of institutional work by analyzing the ways in which individuals, groups, and organizations work to create, maintain, and disrupt the institutions that structure their lives. Through a series of essays and case studies, it explores the conceptual core of institutional work, identifies institutional work strategies, provides exemplars for future empirical research, and embeds the concept within broader sociological debates and ideas.

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Book category Books in English Economics, finance, business & management Business & management Organizational theory & behaviour

• Full title: Institutional Work
• Author: Thomas Lawrence
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336
• EAN: 9780521178525
• ISBN: 0521178525
• ID: 04345768
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 508 g
• Dimensions: 150 × 228 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 27. October 2011

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