The institutional logics perspective: a new approach to culture, structure and process

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1. Introduction to the Institutional Logics Perspective

Introduction

Institutional Logics as an Analytical Framework

Aims of the Book

Analytical Style of the Book

Institutional Analysis as Interdisciplinary

Pointing the Way to a New Approach

Social Structure and Action

Institutions as Material and Symbolic

Institutions as Historically Contingent

Institutions at Multiple Levels of Analysis

Contents of the Book

Precursors

Macro-Societal Level

Micro and Meso-Individual and Organization Levels

Micro and Macro-Individual and Societal Levels

Meso and Macro-Organization and Institutional Field Levels

Meso and Macro-Institutional Field and Societal Levels

Synthesis

Conclusion

2. Precursors to the Institutional Logics Perspective

Introduction

Theories of Isomorphism

Variant: Micro Level

Elaboration: From Societal Culture to Field Structure

Elaboration: Origin, Reproduction, Disappearance

Variant: Logic of Instrumentalism, of Appropriateness

Variant: From Structural to Cognitive and Cultural

Variants: Logics of Action

Integration: Three Pillars and Carriers of Institutions

Institutional Pillars

Institutional Carriers

Proliferation: Institutional Logics

Variant: A Focus on Normative Dimensions

Discussion and Conclusion

Appendix: Comparison of Propositions:

J. W. Meyer and Rowan (1977)

DIMaggio and Powell (1983)

3. Defining the Interinstitutional System

Introduction

Definitional Differences

The Interinstitutional System as Ideal Type

Institutional Orders: The X-Axis

Institutional Orders: The Y-Axis

Partial Autonomy: Cognitive and Organizational Loose Coupling

Partial Autonomy: Near-Decomposability of Institutional Orders

Definition of Institutional Fields

Cultural Content: Cells of the X, Y Axes

Cultural Space in Society

Cultural Effects on Power and Agency

Proliferation: Rearranging the Institutional Orders

Variant: Community as an Institutional Order

Discussion and Conclusion

Appendix

4. Microfoundations of Institutional Logics

A Model of Human Behavior: Situated, Embedded, Boundedly Intentional Behavior

Modeling the Microfoundations

Dynamic Constructivism

An Integrative Model of the Microfoundations of Institutional Logics

Social Identities, Goals, and Schemas

Social Identities

Goals

Schemas

Focus of Attention

Top-Down Effects of Institutional Logics and Organizational Practices

Bottom-Up Environmental Stimuli

Availability, Accessibility, and Activation

Automatic and Controlled Attentional Processes

From Activation to Social Interaction

From Social Interactions to Organizational Identities and Practices

Decision Making

Sensemaking

Mobilization

Implications of the Model of Microfoundations

Conclusion

5. Stability and Change in the Interinstitutional System

Introduction

Evolutionary-Systems Level

Historical Interdependence of Institutional Orders

Individual-Societal-Level Effects on Institutional Change

Cultural Entrepreneurship

Case Narrative: Penney Segregates Family, Blends Religion and Corporation

Case Narrative: Sperling Segregates the Professions and Blends the Market and Corporation

Case Narrative: Ettinger Blends Family, State, Market, and Corporation

Cross-Narrative Discussion

Discussion

Conclusion

6. Dynamics of Organizational Practices and Identities

Introduction

From Social Interaction to Practices and Organizational Identities

The Dynamics of Practices and Identities in Organizations

The Dynamics of Practices and Identities Across Organizations

Conclusion

7. The Emergence and Evolution of Field-Level Logics

Introduction

A Model of Cultural Emergence

Societal and External Logics

Symbolic Representations: Theories, Frames, and Narratives

Resource Environments and their Effects on Institutional Logics

Vocabularies of Practice and the Emergence of Field-Level Logics

Evolution and Change in Field-Level Logics

Conclusion

8. Implications of the Institutional Logics Perspective

Implications for Other Disciplines and Substantive Research Domains

Historical and Comparative Analysis of Institutions

Institutional Complexity

Social Movements

Cultural and Institutional Entrepreneurship

Institutional Work

Organizational Identity

Organizational Design

Strategy

Microprocesses

Methods of Analysis

Conclusion

References

Index